Gobo御坊市
Gobo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Gobo (御坊市, Gobo-shi) is a city in Wakayama Prefecture. Population 23,481 (2020 census), area 43.91 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Wakayama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 御坊市
- Reading
- Gobo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Wakayama 和歌山県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 23,481 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.3% from 24,801
- Area
- 43.91 km²
- Density
- 535 people per km²
- Households
- 10,123
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 31.6%
- Foreign residents
- 168 (0.7%)
- Code
- 30205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.gobo.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Gobo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Gobo
- Is Gobo a city or a prefecture?
- Gobo (御坊市) is a city (市, shi) in Wakayama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Gobo?
- Gobo is in Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Gobo?
- 23,481 at the 2020 census, down 5.3% from 24,801 in 2015. The area is 43.91 km², which is 535 people per km². 10,123 households. 31.6% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Gobo?
- Four: Mihama Town (美浜町), Hidaka Town (日高町), Inami Town (印南町), and Hidakagawa Town (日高川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Gobo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Gobo written in Japanese?
- 御坊市, read Gobo-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 Gobo begin?
- 和歌山県御坊市… (Wakayama-ken, Gobo-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.