Chuo中央区

Chuo-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Chuo (中央区, Chuo-ku) is a ward of Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Borders 3 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

中央区

Reading

Chuo-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Hamamatsu City 浜松市

Prefecture

Shizuoka 静岡県

Region

Chūbu 中部

Population

No census figure. The 2020 census counted the wards as they were in 2020, and this ward was formed later.

Code

22138 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/ward/chuo/index.html

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

3 places share a land border with Chuo, 1 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Hamana Ward浜名区
• Iwata City磐田市
• Kosai City湖西市

Questions about Chuo

Is Chuo a city?

Chuo (中央区) is a ward of Hamamatsu (浜松市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Chuo?

Chuo is inside Hamamatsu (浜松市), 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 Chuo?

The 2020 census counted the wards as they were in 2020. Chuo was formed later, so it has no census figure of its own. The city's figure is on its page.

Which municipalities border Chuo?

Three: Hamana Ward (浜名区), Iwata City (磐田市), and Kosai City (湖西市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Chuo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Chuo written in Japanese?

中央区, read Chuo-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Chuo begin?

静岡県浜松市中央区… (Shizuoka-ken, Hamamatsu-shi, Chuo-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.