Kanuma鹿沼市
Kanuma-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kanuma (鹿沼市, Kanuma-shi) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture. Population 94,033 (2020 census), area 490.64 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 鹿沼市
- Reading
- Kanuma-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tochigi 栃木県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 94,033 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.4% from 98,374
- Area
- 490.64 km²
- Density
- 192 people per km²
- Households
- 36,098
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 30.4%
- Foreign residents
- 1,414 (1.5%)
- Code
- 09205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kanuma.tochigi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Kanuma. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kanuma
- Is Kanuma a city or a prefecture?
- Kanuma (鹿沼市) is a city (市, shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kanuma?
- Kanuma is in Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県), 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 Kanuma?
- 94,033 at the 2020 census, down 4.4% from 98,374 in 2015. The area is 490.64 km², which is 192 people per km². 36,098 households. 30.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kanuma?
- Six: Utsunomiya City (宇都宮市), Tochigi City (栃木市), Sano City (佐野市), Nikko City (日光市), Mibu Town (壬生町), and Midori City (みどり市) in Gunma. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kanuma in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kanuma written in Japanese?
- 鹿沼市, read Kanuma-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 Kanuma begin?
- 栃木県鹿沼市… (Tochigi-ken, Kanuma-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.