Gose御所市
Gose-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Gose (御所市, Gose-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture. Population 24,096 (2020 census), area 60.58 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nara Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 御所市
- Reading
- Gose-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nara 奈良県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 24,096 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -10.3% from 26,868
- Area
- 60.58 km²
- Density
- 398 people per km²
- Households
- 9,996
- Under 15
- 7.6%
- 65 and over
- 42.1%
- Foreign residents
- 284 (1.2%)
- Code
- 29208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.gose.nara.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Gose. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Gose
- Is Gose a city or a prefecture?
- Gose (御所市) is a city (市, shi) in Nara Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Gose?
- Gose is in Nara Prefecture (奈良県), 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 Gose?
- 24,096 at the 2020 census, down 10.3% from 26,868 in 2015. The area is 60.58 km², which is 398 people per km². 9,996 households. 42.1% of residents are 65 or older and 7.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Gose?
- Seven: Chihayaakasaka Village (千早赤阪村) in Osaka, Yamatotakada City (大和高田市), Kashihara City (橿原市), Gojo City (五條市), Katsuragi City (葛城市), Takatori Town (高取町), and Oyodo Town (大淀町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Gose in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Gose written in Japanese?
- 御所市, read Gose-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 Gose begin?
- 奈良県御所市… (Nara-ken, Gose-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.