Yoshikawa吉川市

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

Yoshikawa (吉川市, Yoshikawa-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 71,979 (2020 census), area 31.66 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

吉川市

Reading

Yoshikawa-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Saitama 埼玉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

71,979 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.2% from 69,738

Area

31.66 km²

Density

2,273 people per km²

Households

27,901

Under 15

14.4%

65 and over

24.1%

Foreign residents

1,564 (2.2%)

Code

11243 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.yoshikawa.saitama.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

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

• Soka City草加市
• Koshigaya City越谷市
• Misato City三郷市
• Matsubushi Town松伏町
• Noda City野田市(Chiba)
• Nagareyama City流山市(Chiba)

Questions about Yoshikawa

Is Yoshikawa a city or a prefecture?

Yoshikawa (吉川市) 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 Yoshikawa?

Yoshikawa 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 Yoshikawa?

71,979 at the 2020 census, up 3.2% from 69,738 in 2015. The area is 31.66 km², which is 2,273 people per km². 27,901 households. 24.1% of residents are 65 or older and 14.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yoshikawa?

Six: Soka City (草加市), Koshigaya City (越谷市), Misato City (三郷市), Matsubushi Town (松伏町), Noda City (野田市) in Chiba, and Nagareyama City (流山市) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yoshikawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yoshikawa written in Japanese?

吉川市, read Yoshikawa-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 Yoshikawa begin?

埼玉県吉川市… (Saitama-ken, Yoshikawa-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.