Kobayashi小林市
Kobayashi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kobayashi (小林市, Kobayashi-shi) is a city in Miyazaki Prefecture. Population 43,670 (2020 census), area 562.95 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小林市
- Reading
- Kobayashi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyazaki 宮崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 43,670 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.5% from 46,221
- Area
- 562.95 km²
- Density
- 78 people per km²
- Households
- 19,162
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 37.2%
- Foreign residents
- 508 (1.2%)
- Code
- 45205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kobayashi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Kobayashi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kobayashi
- Is Kobayashi a city or a prefecture?
- Kobayashi (小林市) is a city (市, shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kobayashi?
- Kobayashi is in Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県), 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 Kobayashi?
- 43,670 at the 2020 census, down 5.5% from 46,221 in 2015. The area is 562.95 km², which is 78 people per km². 19,162 households. 37.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kobayashi?
- Nine: Taragi Town (多良木町) in Kumamoto, Asagiri Town (あさぎり町) in Kumamoto, Miyazaki City (宮崎市), Miyakonojo City (都城市), Ebino City (えびの市), Takaharu Town (高原町), Aya Town (綾町), Nishimera Village (西米良村), and Kirishima City (霧島市) in Kagoshima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kobayashi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kobayashi written in Japanese?
- 小林市, read Kobayashi-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 Kobayashi begin?
- 宮崎県小林市… (Miyazaki-ken, Kobayashi-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.