Asakura朝倉市
Asakura-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Asakura (朝倉市, Asakura-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 50,273 (2020 census), area 246.71 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 朝倉市
- Reading
- Asakura-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 50,273 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.1% from 52,444
- Area
- 246.71 km²
- Density
- 204 people per km²
- Households
- 19,456
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 35.2%
- Foreign residents
- 722 (1.4%)
- Code
- 40228 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.asakura.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Asakura. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Asakura
- Is Asakura a city or a prefecture?
- Asakura (朝倉市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Asakura?
- Asakura is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Asakura?
- 50,273 at the 2020 census, down 4.1% from 52,444 in 2015. The area is 246.71 km², which is 204 people per km². 19,456 households. 35.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Asakura?
- Seven: Kurume City (久留米市), Ukiha City (うきは市), Kama City (嘉麻市), Chikuzen Town (筑前町), Toho Village (東峰村), Tachiarai Town (大刀洗町), and Hita City (日田市) in Ōita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Asakura in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Asakura written in Japanese?
- 朝倉市, read Asakura-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 Asakura begin?
- 福岡県朝倉市… (Fukuoka-ken, Asakura-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.