Kitamoto北本市
Kitamoto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kitamoto (北本市, Kitamoto-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 65,201 (2020 census), area 19.82 km². Borders 4 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
- 北本市
- Reading
- Kitamoto-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 65,201 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.3% from 67,409
- Area
- 19.82 km²
- Density
- 3,290 people per km²
- Households
- 27,403
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 32.6%
- Foreign residents
- 562 (0.9%)
- Code
- 11233 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kitamoto.saitama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kitamoto. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kitamoto
- Is Kitamoto a city or a prefecture?
- Kitamoto (北本市) 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 Kitamoto?
- Kitamoto 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 Kitamoto?
- 65,201 at the 2020 census, down 3.3% from 67,409 in 2015. The area is 19.82 km², which is 3,290 people per km². 27,403 households. 32.6% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kitamoto?
- Four: Konosu City (鴻巣市), Okegawa City (桶川市), Kawajima Town (川島町), and Yoshimi Town (吉見町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kitamoto in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kitamoto written in Japanese?
- 北本市, read Kitamoto-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 Kitamoto begin?
- 埼玉県北本市… (Saitama-ken, Kitamoto-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.