Koshi合志市
Koshi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Koshi (合志市, Koshi-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 61,772 (2020 census), area 53.19 km². Borders 4 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
- 合志市
- Reading
- Koshi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 61,772 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +5.8% from 58,370
- Area
- 53.19 km²
- Density
- 1,161 people per km²
- Households
- 22,283
- Under 15
- 18.6%
- 65 and over
- 24.4%
- Foreign residents
- 271 (0.4%)
- Code
- 43216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.koshi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Koshi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Koshi
- Is Koshi a city or a prefecture?
- Koshi (合志市) 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 Koshi?
- Koshi 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 Koshi?
- 61,772 at the 2020 census, up 5.8% from 58,370 in 2015. The area is 53.19 km², which is 1,161 people per km². 22,283 households. 24.4% of residents are 65 or older and 18.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Koshi?
- Four: Kita Ward (北区) of Kumamoto, Kikuchi City (菊池市), Ozu Town (大津町), and Kikuyo Town (菊陽町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Koshi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Koshi written in Japanese?
- 合志市, read Koshi-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 Koshi begin?
- 熊本県合志市… (Kumamoto-ken, Koshi-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.