Chuo中央市
Chuo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Chuo (中央市, Chuo-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 31,216 (2020 census), area 31.69 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Yamanashi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 中央市
- Reading
- Chuo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 31,216 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.3% from 31,124
- Area
- 31.69 km²
- Density
- 985 people per km²
- Households
- 13,552
- Under 15
- 11.9%
- 65 and over
- 25.7%
- Foreign residents
- 1,868 (6.0%)
- Code
- 19214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.chuo.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Chuo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Chuo
- Is Chuo a city or a prefecture?
- Chuo (中央市) is a city (市, shi) in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Chuo?
- Chuo is in Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Chuo?
- 31,216 at the 2020 census, up 0.3% from 31,124 in 2015. The area is 31.69 km², which is 985 people per km². 13,552 households. 25.7% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Chuo?
- Four: Kofu City (甲府市), Minamiarupusu City (南アルプス市), Ichikawamisato Municipality (市川三郷町), and Showa Town (昭和町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chuo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Chuo written in Japanese?
- 中央市, read Chuo-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 Chuo begin?
- 山梨県中央市… (Yamanashi-ken, Chuo-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.