Tachikawa立川市
Tachikawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tachikawa (立川市, Tachikawa-shi) is a city in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 183,581 (2020 census), area 24.36 km². Borders 8 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
- 立川市
- Reading
- Tachikawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokyo 東京都
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 183,581 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.1% from 176,295
- Area
- 24.36 km²
- Density
- 7,536 people per km²
- Households
- 89,727
- Under 15
- 11.9%
- 65 and over
- 24.8%
- Foreign residents
- 4,232 (2.3%)
- Code
- 13202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Tachikawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tachikawa
- Is Tachikawa a city or a prefecture?
- Tachikawa (立川市) 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 Tachikawa?
- Tachikawa 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 Tachikawa?
- 183,581 at the 2020 census, up 4.1% from 176,295 in 2015. The area is 24.36 km², which is 7,536 people per km². 89,727 households. 24.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tachikawa?
- Eight: Akishima City (昭島市), Kodaira City (小平市), Hino City (日野市), Kokubunji City (国分寺市), Kunitachi City (国立市), Fussa City (福生市), Higashiyamato City (東大和市), and Musashimurayama City (武蔵村山市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tachikawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tachikawa written in Japanese?
- 立川市, read Tachikawa-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 Tachikawa begin?
- 東京都立川市… (Tōkyō-to, Tachikawa-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.