Hokuto北杜市
Hokuto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hokuto (北杜市, Hokuto-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 44,053 (2020 census), area 602.48 km². Borders 9 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
- 北杜市
- Reading
- Hokuto-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 44,053 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.3% from 45,111
- Area
- 602.48 km²
- Density
- 73 people per km²
- Households
- 18,893
- Under 15
- 9.7%
- 65 and over
- 40.0%
- Foreign residents
- 507 (1.2%)
- Code
- 19209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hokuto.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Hokuto. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hokuto
- Is Hokuto a city or a prefecture?
- Hokuto (北杜市) 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 Hokuto?
- Hokuto 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 Hokuto?
- 44,053 at the 2020 census, down 2.3% from 45,111 in 2015. The area is 602.48 km², which is 73 people per km². 18,893 households. 40.0% of residents are 65 or older and 9.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hokuto?
- Nine: Kofu City (甲府市), Nirasaki City (韮崎市), Minamiarupusu City (南アルプス市), Kai City (甲斐市), Ina City (伊那市) in Nagano, Kawakami Village (川上村) in Nagano, Minamimaki Village (南牧村) in Nagano, Fujimi Town (富士見町) in Nagano, and Hara Village (原村) in Nagano. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hokuto in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hokuto written in Japanese?
- 北杜市, read Hokuto-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 Hokuto begin?
- 山梨県北杜市… (Yamanashi-ken, Hokuto-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.