Katano交野市
Katano-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Katano (交野市, Katano-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 75,033 (2020 census), area 25.55 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 交野市
- Reading
- Katano-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 75,033 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.8% from 76,435
- Area
- 25.55 km²
- Density
- 2,937 people per km²
- Households
- 29,569
- Under 15
- 12.9%
- 65 and over
- 28.9%
- Foreign residents
- 501 (0.7%)
- Code
- 27230 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.katano.osaka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Katano. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Katano
- Is Katano a city or a prefecture?
- Katano (交野市) is a city (市, shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Katano?
- Katano is in Osaka Prefecture (大阪府), 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 Katano?
- 75,033 at the 2020 census, down 1.8% from 76,435 in 2015. The area is 25.55 km², which is 2,937 people per km². 29,569 households. 28.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Katano?
- Four: Hirakata City (枚方市), Neyagawa City (寝屋川市), Shijonawate City (四條畷市), and Ikoma City (生駒市) in Nara. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Katano in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Katano written in Japanese?
- 交野市, read Katano-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 Katano begin?
- 大阪府交野市… (Ōsaka-fu, Katano-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.