Kamo加茂市
Kamo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kamo (加茂市, Kamo-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 25,441 (2020 census), area 133.72 km². Borders 4 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
- 加茂市
- Reading
- Kamo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 25,441 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.7% from 27,852
- Area
- 133.72 km²
- Density
- 190 people per km²
- Households
- 9,396
- Under 15
- 9.5%
- 65 and over
- 36.8%
- Foreign residents
- 90 (0.4%)
- Code
- 15209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kamo.niigata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kamo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kamo
- Is Kamo a city or a prefecture?
- Kamo (加茂市) 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 Kamo?
- Kamo 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 Kamo?
- 25,441 at the 2020 census, down 8.7% from 27,852 in 2015. The area is 133.72 km², which is 190 people per km². 9,396 households. 36.8% of residents are 65 or older and 9.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kamo?
- Four: Minami Ward (南区) of Niigata, Sanjo City (三条市), Gosen City (五泉市), and Tagami Town (田上町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kamo written in Japanese?
- 加茂市, read Kamo-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 Kamo begin?
- 新潟県加茂市… (Niigata-ken, Kamo-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.