Kainan海南市
Kainan-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kainan (海南市, Kainan-shi) is a city in Wakayama Prefecture. Population 48,369 (2020 census), area 101.06 km². Borders 5 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
- 海南市
- Reading
- Kainan-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Wakayama 和歌山県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 48,369 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.7% from 51,860
- Area
- 101.06 km²
- Density
- 479 people per km²
- Households
- 20,088
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 36.9%
- Foreign residents
- 258 (0.5%)
- Code
- 30202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kainan.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kainan. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kainan
- Is Kainan a city or a prefecture?
- Kainan (海南市) 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 Kainan?
- Kainan 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 Kainan?
- 48,369 at the 2020 census, down 6.7% from 51,860 in 2015. The area is 101.06 km², which is 479 people per km². 20,088 households. 36.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kainan?
- Five: Wakayama City (和歌山市), Arida City (有田市), Kinokawa City (紀の川市), Kimino Town (紀美野町), and Aridagawa Town (有田川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kainan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kainan written in Japanese?
- 海南市, read Kainan-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 Kainan begin?
- 和歌山県海南市… (Wakayama-ken, Kainan-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.