Komoro小諸市
Komoro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Komoro (小諸市, Komoro-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 40,991 (2020 census), area 98.55 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nagano Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小諸市
- Reading
- Komoro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 40,991 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.6% from 42,512
- Area
- 98.55 km²
- Density
- 416 people per km²
- Households
- 16,831
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 33.8%
- Foreign residents
- 757 (1.8%)
- Code
- 20208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.komoro.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Komoro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Komoro
- Is Komoro a city or a prefecture?
- Komoro (小諸市) is a city (市, shi) in Nagano Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Komoro?
- Komoro is in Nagano Prefecture (長野県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Komoro?
- 40,991 at the 2020 census, down 3.6% from 42,512 in 2015. The area is 98.55 km², which is 416 people per km². 16,831 households. 33.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Komoro?
- Four: Tsumagoi Village (嬬恋村) in Gunma, Saku City (佐久市), Tomi City (東御市), and Miyota Town (御代田町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Komoro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Komoro written in Japanese?
- 小諸市, read Komoro-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 Komoro begin?
- 長野県小諸市… (Nagano-ken, Komoro-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.