Urayasu浦安市
Urayasu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Urayasu (浦安市, Urayasu-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 171,362 (2020 census), area 17.3 km². Borders 2 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 浦安市
- Reading
- Urayasu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 171,362 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.5% from 164,024
- Area
- 17.3 km²
- Density
- 9,905 people per km²
- Households
- 80,321
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 17.7%
- Foreign residents
- 4,133 (2.4%)
- Code
- 12227 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.urayasu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Urayasu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Urayasu
- Is Urayasu a city or a prefecture?
- Urayasu (浦安市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Urayasu?
- Urayasu is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Urayasu?
- 171,362 at the 2020 census, up 4.5% from 164,024 in 2015. The area is 17.3 km², which is 9,905 people per km². 80,321 households. 17.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Urayasu?
- Two: Ichikawa City (市川市) and Edogawa City (江戸川区) in Tokyo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Urayasu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Urayasu written in Japanese?
- 浦安市, read Urayasu-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 Urayasu begin?
- 千葉県浦安市… (Chiba-ken, Urayasu-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.