Kumagaya熊谷市
Kumagaya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kumagaya (熊谷市, Kumagaya-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 194,415 (2020 census), area 159.82 km². Borders 10 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
- 熊谷市
- Reading
- Kumagaya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 194,415 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.2% from 198,742
- Area
- 159.82 km²
- Density
- 1,216 people per km²
- Households
- 80,153
- Under 15
- 11.2%
- 65 and over
- 29.6%
- Foreign residents
- 3,361 (1.7%)
- Code
- 11202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kumagaya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Kumagaya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kumagaya
- Is Kumagaya a city or a prefecture?
- Kumagaya (熊谷市) 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 Kumagaya?
- Kumagaya 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 Kumagaya?
- 194,415 at the 2020 census, down 2.2% from 198,742 in 2015. The area is 159.82 km², which is 1,216 people per km². 80,153 households. 29.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kumagaya?
- 10: Ota City (太田市) in Gunma, Chiyoda Town (千代田町) in Gunma, Oizumi Town (大泉町) in Gunma, Gyoda City (行田市), Higashimatsuyama City (東松山市), Konosu City (鴻巣市), Fukaya City (深谷市), Namegawa Town (滑川町), Ranzan Town (嵐山町), and Yoshimi Town (吉見町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kumagaya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kumagaya written in Japanese?
- 熊谷市, read Kumagaya-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 Kumagaya begin?
- 埼玉県熊谷市… (Saitama-ken, Kumagaya-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.