Kochi高知市
Kochi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kochi (高知市, Kochi-shi) is a city in Kōchi Prefecture. Population 326,545 (2020 census), area 309 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kōchi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 高知市
- Reading
- Kochi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kōchi 高知県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 326,545 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.2% from 337,190
- Area
- 309 km²
- Density
- 1,057 people per km²
- Households
- 154,171
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 30.2%
- Foreign residents
- 1,736 (0.5%)
- Code
- 39201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kochi.kochi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kochi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kochi
- Is Kochi a city or a prefecture?
- Kochi (高知市) is a city (市, shi) in Kōchi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kochi?
- Kochi is in Kōchi Prefecture (高知県), in the Shikoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kochi?
- 326,545 at the 2020 census, down 3.2% from 337,190 in 2015. The area is 309 km², which is 1,057 people per km². 154,171 households. 30.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kochi?
- Four: Nankoku City (南国市), Tosa City (土佐市), Tosa Town (土佐町), and Ino Town (いの町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kochi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kochi written in Japanese?
- 高知市, read Kochi-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 Kochi begin?
- 高知県高知市… (Kōchi-ken, Kochi-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.