Ozu大洲市
Ozu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ozu (大洲市, Ozu-shi) is a city in Ehime Prefecture. Population 40,575 (2020 census), area 432.12 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ehime Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 大洲市
- Reading
- Ozu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ehime 愛媛県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 40,575 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.0% from 44,086
- Area
- 432.12 km²
- Density
- 94 people per km²
- Households
- 17,375
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 37.3%
- Foreign residents
- 172 (0.4%)
- Code
- 38207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ozu.ehime.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Ozu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ozu
- Is Ozu a city or a prefecture?
- Ozu (大洲市) is a city (市, shi) in Ehime Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ozu?
- Ozu is in Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県), in the Shikoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ozu?
- 40,575 at the 2020 census, down 8.0% from 44,086 in 2015. The area is 432.12 km², which is 94 people per km². 17,375 households. 37.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ozu?
- Four: Yawatahama City (八幡浜市), Iyo City (伊予市), Seiyo City (西予市), and Uchiko Town (内子町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ozu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ozu written in Japanese?
- 大洲市, read Ozu-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 Ozu begin?
- 愛媛県大洲市… (Ehime-ken, Ozu-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.