Kashiwazaki柏崎市
Kashiwazaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kashiwazaki (柏崎市, Kashiwazaki-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 81,526 (2020 census), area 442.03 km². Borders 5 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
- 柏崎市
- Reading
- Kashiwazaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 81,526 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.1% from 86,833
- Area
- 442.03 km²
- Density
- 184 people per km²
- Households
- 33,904
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 33.8%
- Foreign residents
- 869 (1.1%)
- Code
- 15205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kashiwazaki.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kashiwazaki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kashiwazaki
- Is Kashiwazaki a city or a prefecture?
- Kashiwazaki (柏崎市) 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 Kashiwazaki?
- Kashiwazaki 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 Kashiwazaki?
- 81,526 at the 2020 census, down 6.1% from 86,833 in 2015. The area is 442.03 km², which is 184 people per km². 33,904 households. 33.8% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kashiwazaki?
- Five: Nagaoka City (長岡市), Tokamachi City (十日町市), Joetsu City (上越市), Izumozaki Town (出雲崎町), and Kariwa Village (刈羽村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kashiwazaki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kashiwazaki written in Japanese?
- 柏崎市, read Kashiwazaki-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 Kashiwazaki begin?
- 新潟県柏崎市… (Niigata-ken, Kashiwazaki-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.