Nakano中野市
Nakano-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nakano (中野市, Nakano-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 42,338 (2020 census), area 112.18 km². Borders 7 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
- 中野市
- Reading
- Nakano-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 42,338 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.6% from 43,909
- Area
- 112.18 km²
- Density
- 377 people per km²
- Households
- 15,799
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 32.5%
- Foreign residents
- 583 (1.4%)
- Code
- 20211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nakano.nagano.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Nakano. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nakano
- Is Nakano a city or a prefecture?
- Nakano (中野市) 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 Nakano?
- Nakano 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 Nakano?
- 42,338 at the 2020 census, down 3.6% from 43,909 in 2015. The area is 112.18 km², which is 377 people per km². 15,799 households. 32.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nakano?
- Seven: Nagano City (長野市), Iiyama City (飯山市), Obuse Town (小布施町), Takayama Village (高山村), Yamanochi Town (山ノ内町), Kijimadaira Village (木島平村), and Iizuna Town (飯綱町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nakano in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nakano written in Japanese?
- 中野市, read Nakano-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 Nakano begin?
- 長野県中野市… (Nagano-ken, Nakano-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.