Zama座間市
Zama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Zama (座間市, Zama-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 132,325 (2020 census), area 17.57 km². Borders 4 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
- 座間市
- Reading
- Zama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 132,325 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.8% from 128,737
- Area
- 17.57 km²
- Density
- 7,531 people per km²
- Households
- 60,257
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 26.0%
- Foreign residents
- 3,811 (2.9%)
- Code
- 14216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.zama.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Zama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Zama
- Is Zama a city or a prefecture?
- Zama (座間市) 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 Zama?
- Zama 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 Zama?
- 132,325 at the 2020 census, up 2.8% from 128,737 in 2015. The area is 17.57 km², which is 7,531 people per km². 60,257 households. 26.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Zama?
- Four: Minami Ward (南区) of Sagamihara, Atsugi City (厚木市), Yamato City (大和市), and Ebina City (海老名市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Zama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Zama written in Japanese?
- 座間市, read Zama-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 Zama begin?
- 神奈川県座間市… (Kanagawa-ken, Zama-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.