Atsugi厚木市
Atsugi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Atsugi (厚木市, Atsugi-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 223,705 (2020 census), area 93.84 km². Borders 10 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 厚木市
- Reading
- Atsugi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 223,705 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.9% from 225,714
- Area
- 93.84 km²
- Density
- 2,384 people per km²
- Households
- 100,360
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 26.0%
- Foreign residents
- 7,835 (3.5%)
- Code
- 14212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.atsugi.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Atsugi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Atsugi
- Is Atsugi a city or a prefecture?
- Atsugi (厚木市) is a city (市, shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Atsugi?
- Atsugi is in Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Atsugi?
- 223,705 at the 2020 census, down 0.9% from 225,714 in 2015. The area is 93.84 km², which is 2,384 people per km². 100,360 households. 26.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Atsugi?
- 10: Chuo Ward (中央区) of Sagamihara, Minami Ward (南区) of Sagamihara, Hiratsuka City (平塚市), Hadano City (秦野市), Isehara City (伊勢原市), Ebina City (海老名市), Zama City (座間市), Samukawa Town (寒川町), Aikawa Town (愛川町), and Kiyokawa Village (清川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Atsugi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Atsugi written in Japanese?
- 厚木市, read Atsugi-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Atsugi begin?
- 神奈川県厚木市… (Kanagawa-ken, Atsugi-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.