Komae狛江市
Komae-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Komae (狛江市, Komae-shi) is a city in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 84,772 (2020 census), area 6.39 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tokyo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 狛江市
- Reading
- Komae-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokyo 東京都
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 84,772 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +5.6% from 80,249
- Area
- 6.39 km²
- Density
- 13,266 people per km²
- Households
- 42,616
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 24.1%
- Foreign residents
- 1,474 (1.7%)
- Code
- 13219 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.komae.tokyo.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Komae. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Komae
- Is Komae a city or a prefecture?
- Komae (狛江市) is a city (市, shi) in Tokyo Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Komae?
- Komae is in Tokyo Prefecture (東京都), 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 Komae?
- 84,772 at the 2020 census, up 5.6% from 80,249 in 2015. The area is 6.39 km², which is 13,266 people per km². 42,616 households. 24.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Komae?
- Three: Setagaya City (世田谷区), Chofu City (調布市), and Tama Ward (多摩区) of Kawasaki in Kanagawa. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Komae in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Komae written in Japanese?
- 狛江市, read Komae-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 Komae begin?
- 東京都狛江市… (Tōkyō-to, Komae-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.