Kasaoka笠岡市
Kasaoka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kasaoka (笠岡市, Kasaoka-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 46,088 (2020 census), area 136.24 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Okayama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 笠岡市
- Reading
- Kasaoka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 46,088 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.9% from 50,568
- Area
- 136.24 km²
- Density
- 338 people per km²
- Households
- 18,466
- Under 15
- 9.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.3%
- Foreign residents
- 528 (1.1%)
- Code
- 33205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kasaoka.okayama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kasaoka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kasaoka
- Is Kasaoka a city or a prefecture?
- Kasaoka (笠岡市) is a city (市, shi) in Okayama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kasaoka?
- Kasaoka is in Okayama Prefecture (岡山県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kasaoka?
- 46,088 at the 2020 census, down 8.9% from 50,568 in 2015. The area is 136.24 km², which is 338 people per km². 18,466 households. 38.3% of residents are 65 or older and 9.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kasaoka?
- Five: Ibara City (井原市), Asakuchi City (浅口市), Satosho Town (里庄町), Yakage Town (矢掛町), and Fukuyama City (福山市) in Hiroshima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kasaoka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kasaoka written in Japanese?
- 笠岡市, read Kasaoka-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 Kasaoka begin?
- 岡山県笠岡市… (Okayama-ken, Kasaoka-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.