Tsuruga敦賀市
Tsuruga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tsuruga (敦賀市, Tsuruga-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture. Population 64,264 (2020 census), area 251.41 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 敦賀市
- Reading
- Tsuruga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukui 福井県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 64,264 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.9% from 66,165
- Area
- 251.41 km²
- Density
- 256 people per km²
- Households
- 27,849
- Under 15
- 12.7%
- 65 and over
- 29.2%
- Foreign residents
- 854 (1.3%)
- Code
- 18202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tsuruga.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Tsuruga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tsuruga
- Is Tsuruga a city or a prefecture?
- Tsuruga (敦賀市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tsuruga?
- Tsuruga is in Fukui Prefecture (福井県), 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 Tsuruga?
- 64,264 at the 2020 census, down 2.9% from 66,165 in 2015. The area is 251.41 km², which is 256 people per km². 27,849 households. 29.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tsuruga?
- Four: Minamiechizen Town (南越前町), Mihama Town (美浜町), Nagahama City (長浜市) in Shiga, and Takashima City (高島市) in Shiga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tsuruga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tsuruga written in Japanese?
- 敦賀市, read Tsuruga-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 Tsuruga begin?
- 福井県敦賀市… (Fukui-ken, Tsuruga-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.