Kyotango京丹後市
Kyotango-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kyotango (京丹後市, Kyotango-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture. Population 50,860 (2020 census), area 501.44 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 京丹後市
- Reading
- Kyotango-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kyoto 京都府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 50,860 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.6% from 55,054
- Area
- 501.44 km²
- Density
- 101 people per km²
- Households
- 20,138
- Under 15
- 11.2%
- 65 and over
- 38.1%
- Foreign residents
- 427 (0.8%)
- Code
- 26212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kyotango.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kyotango. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kyotango
- Is Kyotango a city or a prefecture?
- Kyotango (京丹後市) is a city (市, shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kyotango?
- Kyotango is in Kyoto Prefecture (京都府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kyotango?
- 50,860 at the 2020 census, down 7.6% from 55,054 in 2015. The area is 501.44 km², which is 101 people per km². 20,138 households. 38.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kyotango?
- Four: Miyazu City (宮津市), Ine Town (伊根町), Yosano Town (与謝野町), and Toyoka City (豊岡市) in Hyōgo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kyotango in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kyotango written in Japanese?
- 京丹後市, read Kyotango-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 Kyotango begin?
- 京都府京丹後市… (Kyōto-fu, Kyotango-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.