Gotemba御殿場市
Gotemba-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Gotemba (御殿場市, Gotemba-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 86,614 (2020 census), area 194.9 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 御殿場市
- Reading
- Gotemba-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 86,614 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.7% from 88,078
- Area
- 194.9 km²
- Density
- 444 people per km²
- Households
- 33,529
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 25.6%
- Foreign residents
- 2,309 (2.7%)
- Code
- 22215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.gotemba.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Gotemba. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Gotemba
- Is Gotemba a city or a prefecture?
- Gotemba (御殿場市) is a city (市, shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Gotemba?
- Gotemba is in Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Gotemba?
- 86,614 at the 2020 census, down 1.7% from 88,078 in 2015. The area is 194.9 km², which is 444 people per km². 33,529 households. 25.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Gotemba?
- Five: Hakone Town (箱根町) in Kanagawa, Fujinomiya City (富士宮市), Fuji City (富士市), Susono City (裾野市), and Oyama Town (小山町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Gotemba in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Gotemba written in Japanese?
- 御殿場市, read Gotemba-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 Gotemba begin?
- 静岡県御殿場市… (Shizuoka-ken, Gotemba-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.