Honjo本庄市

Honjo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Honjo (本庄市, Honjo-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 78,569 (2020 census), area 89.69 km². Borders 8 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

本庄市

Reading

Honjo-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Saitama 埼玉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

78,569 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.9% from 77,881

Area

89.69 km²

Density

876 people per km²

Households

33,033

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

29.2%

Foreign residents

2,594 (3.3%)

Code

11211 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.honjo.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

8 places share a land border with Honjo. Borders across water are not counted.

• Isesaki City伊勢崎市(Gunma)
• Tamamura Town玉村町(Gunma)
• Fukaya City深谷市
• Minano Town皆野町
• Nagatoro Town長瀞町
• Misato Town美里町
• Kamikawa Town神川町
• Kamisato Town上里町

Questions about Honjo

Is Honjo a city or a prefecture?

Honjo (本庄市) is a city (市, shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Honjo?

Honjo is in Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Honjo?

78,569 at the 2020 census, up 0.9% from 77,881 in 2015. The area is 89.69 km², which is 876 people per km². 33,033 households. 29.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Honjo?

Eight: Isesaki City (伊勢崎市) in Gunma, Tamamura Town (玉村町) in Gunma, Fukaya City (深谷市), Minano Town (皆野町), Nagatoro Town (長瀞町), Misato Town (美里町), Kamikawa Town (神川町), and Kamisato Town (上里町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Honjo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Honjo written in Japanese?

本庄市, read Honjo-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 Honjo begin?

埼玉県本庄市… (Saitama-ken, Honjo-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.