Yachiyo, Chiba

Yachiyo, Chiba (八千代市, Yachiyo-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 205,748 living in 96,903 households as of 31 December 2023. The municipality covers a total area of 51.39 square kilometres. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Chiba Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.