Kikuchi菊池市
Kikuchi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kikuchi (菊池市, Kikuchi-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 46,416 (2020 census), area 276.85 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 菊池市
- Reading
- Kikuchi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 46,416 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.6% from 48,167
- Area
- 276.85 km²
- Density
- 168 people per km²
- Households
- 17,593
- Under 15
- 13.2%
- 65 and over
- 34.1%
- Foreign residents
- 621 (1.3%)
- Code
- 43210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kikuchi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Kikuchi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kikuchi
- Is Kikuchi a city or a prefecture?
- Kikuchi (菊池市) is a city (市, shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kikuchi?
- Kikuchi is in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kikuchi?
- 46,416 at the 2020 census, down 3.6% from 48,167 in 2015. The area is 276.85 km², which is 168 people per km². 17,593 households. 34.1% of residents are 65 or older and 13.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kikuchi?
- Six: Kita Ward (北区) of Kumamoto, Yamaga City (山鹿市), Aso City (阿蘇市), Koshi City (合志市), Ozu Town (大津町), and Hita City (日田市) in Ōita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kikuchi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kikuchi written in Japanese?
- 菊池市, read Kikuchi-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 Kikuchi begin?
- 熊本県菊池市… (Kumamoto-ken, Kikuchi-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.