Kikugawa菊川市
Kikugawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kikugawa (菊川市, Kikugawa-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 47,789 (2020 census), area 94.19 km². Borders 4 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
- 菊川市
- Reading
- Kikugawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 47,789 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.2% from 46,763
- Area
- 94.19 km²
- Density
- 507 people per km²
- Households
- 17,759
- Under 15
- 14.1%
- 65 and over
- 27.0%
- Foreign residents
- 3,612 (7.6%)
- Code
- 22224 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kikugawa.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kikugawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kikugawa
- Is Kikugawa a city or a prefecture?
- Kikugawa (菊川市) 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 Kikugawa?
- Kikugawa 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 Kikugawa?
- 47,789 at the 2020 census, up 2.2% from 46,763 in 2015. The area is 94.19 km², which is 507 people per km². 17,759 households. 27.0% of residents are 65 or older and 14.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kikugawa?
- Four: Shimada City (島田市), Kakegawa City (掛川市), Omaezaki City (御前崎市), and Makinohara City (牧之原市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kikugawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kikugawa written in Japanese?
- 菊川市, read Kikugawa-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 Kikugawa begin?
- 静岡県菊川市… (Shizuoka-ken, Kikugawa-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.