Gosen五泉市
Gosen-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Gosen (五泉市, Gosen-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 47,625 (2020 census), area 351.91 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 五泉市
- Reading
- Gosen-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 47,625 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.4% from 51,404
- Area
- 351.91 km²
- Density
- 135 people per km²
- Households
- 17,021
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 473 (1.0%)
- Code
- 15218 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.gosen.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Gosen. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Gosen
- Is Gosen a city or a prefecture?
- Gosen (五泉市) is a city (市, shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Gosen?
- Gosen is in Niigata Prefecture (新潟県), 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 Gosen?
- 47,625 at the 2020 census, down 7.4% from 51,404 in 2015. The area is 351.91 km², which is 135 people per km². 17,021 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Gosen?
- Six: Akiha Ward (秋葉区) of Niigata, Sanjo City (三条市), Kamo City (加茂市), Agano City (阿賀野市), Tagami Town (田上町), and Aga Town (阿賀町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Gosen in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Gosen written in Japanese?
- 五泉市, read Gosen-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 Gosen begin?
- 新潟県五泉市… (Niigata-ken, Gosen-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.