Kai甲斐市
Kai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kai (甲斐市, Kai-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 75,313 (2020 census), area 71.95 km². Borders 5 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
- 甲斐市
- Reading
- Kai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 75,313 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.2% from 74,386
- Area
- 71.95 km²
- Density
- 1,047 people per km²
- Households
- 31,039
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 26.3%
- Foreign residents
- 1,103 (1.5%)
- Code
- 19210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kai.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kai
- Is Kai a city or a prefecture?
- Kai (甲斐市) 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 Kai?
- Kai 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 Kai?
- 75,313 at the 2020 census, up 1.2% from 74,386 in 2015. The area is 71.95 km², which is 1,047 people per km². 31,039 households. 26.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kai?
- Five: Kofu City (甲府市), Nirasaki City (韮崎市), Minamiarupusu City (南アルプス市), Hokuto City (北杜市), and Showa Town (昭和町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kai written in Japanese?
- 甲斐市, read Kai-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 Kai begin?
- 山梨県甲斐市… (Yamanashi-ken, Kai-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.