Kazo加須市

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

Kazo (加須市, Kazo-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 111,623 (2020 census), area 133.3 km². Borders 6 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

加須市

Reading

Kazo-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Saitama 埼玉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

111,623 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-0.5% from 112,229

Area

133.3 km²

Density

837 people per km²

Households

44,295

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

30.0%

Foreign residents

2,278 (2.0%)

Code

11210 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kazo.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

6 places share a land border with Kazo. Borders across water are not counted.

• Koga City古河市(Ibaraki)
• Itakura Town板倉町(Gunma)
• Gyoda City行田市
• Hanyu City羽生市
• Konosu City鴻巣市
• Kuki City久喜市

Questions about Kazo

Is Kazo a city or a prefecture?

Kazo (加須市) 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 Kazo?

Kazo 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 Kazo?

111,623 at the 2020 census, down 0.5% from 112,229 in 2015. The area is 133.3 km², which is 837 people per km². 44,295 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kazo?

Six: Koga City (古河市) in Ibaraki, Itakura Town (板倉町) in Gunma, Gyoda City (行田市), Hanyu City (羽生市), Konosu City (鴻巣市), and Kuki City (久喜市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kazo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kazo written in Japanese?

加須市, read Kazo-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 Kazo begin?

埼玉県加須市… (Saitama-ken, Kazo-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.