Kesennuma気仙沼市
Kesennuma-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kesennuma (気仙沼市, Kesennuma-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 61,147 (2020 census), area 332.44 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Miyagi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 気仙沼市
- Reading
- Kesennuma-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 61,147 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.9% from 64,988
- Area
- 332.44 km²
- Density
- 184 people per km²
- Households
- 24,520
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.6%
- Foreign residents
- 590 (1.0%)
- Code
- 04205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.kesennuma.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kesennuma. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kesennuma
- Is Kesennuma a city or a prefecture?
- Kesennuma (気仙沼市) is a city (市, shi) in Miyagi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kesennuma?
- Kesennuma is in Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kesennuma?
- 61,147 at the 2020 census, down 5.9% from 64,988 in 2015. The area is 332.44 km², which is 184 people per km². 24,520 households. 38.6% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kesennuma?
- Four: Ichinoseki City (一関市) in Iwate, Rikuzentakata City (陸前高田市) in Iwate, Tome City (登米市), and Minamisanriku Town (南三陸町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kesennuma in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kesennuma written in Japanese?
- 気仙沼市, read Kesennuma-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 Kesennuma begin?
- 宮城県気仙沼市… (Miyagi-ken, Kesennuma-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.