Kasukabe春日部市

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

Kasukabe (春日部市, Kasukabe-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 229,792 (2020 census), area 66 km². Borders 7 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

春日部市

Reading

Kasukabe-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Saitama 埼玉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

229,792 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-1.3% from 232,709

Area

66 km²

Density

3,482 people per km²

Households

97,638

Under 15

10.3%

65 and over

32.5%

Foreign residents

3,496 (1.5%)

Code

11214 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kasukabe.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

7 places share a land border with Kasukabe. Borders across water are not counted.

• Iwatsuki Ward岩槻区(Saitama)
• Koshigaya City越谷市
• Shiraoka City白岡市
• Miyashiro Town宮代町
• Sugito Town杉戸町
• Matsubushi Town松伏町
• Noda City野田市(Chiba)

Questions about Kasukabe

Is Kasukabe a city or a prefecture?

Kasukabe (春日部市) 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 Kasukabe?

Kasukabe 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 Kasukabe?

229,792 at the 2020 census, down 1.3% from 232,709 in 2015. The area is 66 km², which is 3,482 people per km². 97,638 households. 32.5% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kasukabe?

Seven: Iwatsuki Ward (岩槻区) of Saitama, Koshigaya City (越谷市), Shiraoka City (白岡市), Miyashiro Town (宮代町), Sugito Town (杉戸町), Matsubushi Town (松伏町), and Noda City (野田市) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kasukabe in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kasukabe written in Japanese?

春日部市, read Kasukabe-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 Kasukabe begin?

埼玉県春日部市… (Saitama-ken, Kasukabe-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.