Kawaguchi川口市
Kawaguchi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kawaguchi (川口市, Kawaguchi-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 594,274 (2020 census), area 61.95 km². Borders 9 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.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 川口市
- Reading
- Kawaguchi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 594,274 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.8% from 578,112
- Area
- 61.95 km²
- Density
- 9,593 people per km²
- Households
- 267,141
- Under 15
- 12.3%
- 65 and over
- 23.5%
- Foreign residents
- 36,951 (6.2%)
- Code
- 11203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kawaguchi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Kawaguchi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kawaguchi
- Is Kawaguchi a city or a prefecture?
- Kawaguchi (川口市) 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 Kawaguchi?
- Kawaguchi 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 Kawaguchi?
- 594,274 at the 2020 census, up 2.8% from 578,112 in 2015. The area is 61.95 km², which is 9,593 people per km². 267,141 households. 23.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kawaguchi?
- Nine: Minami Ward (南区) of Saitama, Midori Ward (緑区) of Saitama, Iwatsuki Ward (岩槻区) of Saitama, Soka City (草加市), Koshigaya City (越谷市), Warabi City (蕨市), Toda City (戸田市), Kita City (北区) in Tokyo, and Adachi City (足立区) in Tokyo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kawaguchi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kawaguchi written in Japanese?
- 川口市, read Kawaguchi-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 Kawaguchi begin?
- 埼玉県川口市… (Saitama-ken, Kawaguchi-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.