Kakegawa掛川市
Kakegawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kakegawa (掛川市, Kakegawa-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 114,954 (2020 census), area 265.69 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
- 掛川市
- Reading
- Kakegawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 114,954 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.3% from 114,602
- Area
- 265.69 km²
- Density
- 433 people per km²
- Households
- 43,770
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 28.0%
- Foreign residents
- 4,212 (3.7%)
- Code
- 22213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kakegawa.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kakegawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kakegawa
- Is Kakegawa a city or a prefecture?
- Kakegawa (掛川市) 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 Kakegawa?
- Kakegawa 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 Kakegawa?
- 114,954 at the 2020 census, up 0.3% from 114,602 in 2015. The area is 265.69 km², which is 433 people per km². 43,770 households. 28.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kakegawa?
- Five: Shimada City (島田市), Fukuroi City (袋井市), Omaezaki City (御前崎市), Kikugawa City (菊川市), and Mori Town (森町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kakegawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kakegawa written in Japanese?
- 掛川市, read Kakegawa-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 Kakegawa begin?
- 静岡県掛川市… (Shizuoka-ken, Kakegawa-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.