Yamakita山北町
Yamakita-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.
Yamakita (山北町, Yamakita-machi) is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 9,761 (2020 census), area 224.61 km². Borders 9 places.
A town (町 / chō or machi) in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 山北町
- Reading
- Yamakita-machi
- Kind
- Town (町): a local government
- District (郡)
- Ashigarakami District 足柄上郡, a name in the address, not a government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 9,761 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.0% from 10,724
- Area
- 224.61 km²
- Density
- 43 people per km²
- Households
- 3,936
- Under 15
- 8.4%
- 65 and over
- 39.8%
- Foreign residents
- 73 (0.7%)
- Code
- 14364 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.town.yamakita.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Yamakita. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yamakita
- Is Yamakita a city, a town, or a village?
- Yamakita (山北町) is a town (町, machi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Ashigarakami District (足柄上郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.
- Where is Yamakita?
- Yamakita 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 Yamakita?
- 9,761 at the 2020 census, down 9.0% from 10,724 in 2015. The area is 224.61 km², which is 43 people per km². 3,936 households. 39.8% of residents are 65 or older and 8.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yamakita?
- Nine: Midori Ward (緑区) of Sagamihara, Hadano City (秦野市), Minamiashigara City (南足柄市), Matsuda Town (松田町), Kaisei Town (開成町), Kiyokawa Village (清川村), Doshi Village (道志村) in Yamanashi, Yamanakako Village (山中湖村) in Yamanashi, and Oyama Town (小山町) in Shizuoka. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yamakita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yamakita written in Japanese?
- 山北町, read Yamakita-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Yamakita begin?
- 神奈川県足柄上郡山北町… (Kanagawa-ken, Ashigarakami-gun, Yamakita-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. 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.