Kashiba香芝市
Kashiba-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kashiba (香芝市, Kashiba-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture. Population 78,113 (2020 census), area 24.26 km². Borders 8 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
- 香芝市
- Reading
- Kashiba-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nara 奈良県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 78,113 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.7% from 77,561
- Area
- 24.26 km²
- Density
- 3,220 people per km²
- Households
- 29,609
- Under 15
- 15.3%
- 65 and over
- 23.9%
- Foreign residents
- 566 (0.7%)
- Code
- 29210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kashiba.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Kashiba. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kashiba
- Is Kashiba a city or a prefecture?
- Kashiba (香芝市) 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 Kashiba?
- Kashiba 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 Kashiba?
- 78,113 at the 2020 census, up 0.7% from 77,561 in 2015. The area is 24.26 km², which is 3,220 people per km². 29,609 households. 23.9% of residents are 65 or older and 15.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kashiba?
- Eight: Kashiwara City (柏原市) in Osaka, Habikino City (羽曳野市) in Osaka, Taishi Town (太子町) in Osaka, Yamatotakada City (大和高田市), Katsuragi City (葛城市), Kammaki Town (上牧町), Oji Town (王寺町), and Koryo Town (広陵町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kashiba in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kashiba written in Japanese?
- 香芝市, read Kashiba-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 Kashiba begin?
- 奈良県香芝市… (Nara-ken, Kashiba-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.