Funabashi

Funabashi
船橋市
Chiba Port (Funabashi Port)) View from Tsudanuma Station Funabashi Station Funabashi H. C. Andersen Park Funabashi Ōmiya Jinja lighthouse Funabashi Face Building LaLaport Tokyo-Bay Wakamiya Housing from Minami-Funabashi Station
Chiba Port (Funabashi Port))
View from Tsudanuma Station Funabashi Station
Funabashi H. C. Andersen Park Funabashi Ōmiya Jinja lighthouse Funabashi Face Building
LaLaport Tokyo-Bay Wakamiya Housing from Minami-Funabashi Station
Flag of Funabashi
Official seal of Funabashi
Map
Location of Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture]
Location of Funabashi
Funabashi is located in Japan
Funabashi
Funabashi
 
Coordinates: 35°41′40.4″N 139°58′57.2″E / 35.694556°N 139.982556°E / 35.694556; 139.982556
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureChiba
First official recorded110 AD
City SettledApril 1, 1937
Government
 • MayorToru Matsudo
Area
 • Total
85.62 km2 (33.06 sq mi)
Population
 (December 1, 2020)
 • Total
644,668
 • Density7,500/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Postal code(s)
273 or 274
Area code047-4
Phone number047-436-2111
Address2-10-25 Minato-cho, Funabashi-shi, 273-8501
ClimateCfa
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
FlowerCamellia sasanqua
TreeCamellia sasanqua
Funabashi City Hall

Funabashi (船橋市, Funabashi-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020, the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of 7,500 inhabitants per square kilometre (19,000/sq mi).[1] The total area of the city is 85.62 square kilometres (33.06 sq mi). It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after passing Kawaguchi, Hachioji and Chiba), and second largest in Chiba Prefecture.

  1. ^ "Funabashi city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.