Buzen豊前市
Buzen-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Buzen (豊前市, Buzen-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 24,391 (2020 census), area 111.01 km². Borders 4 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
- 豊前市
- Reading
- Buzen-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 24,391 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.0% from 25,940
- Area
- 111.01 km²
- Density
- 220 people per km²
- Households
- 9,910
- Under 15
- 11.6%
- 65 and over
- 37.6%
- Foreign residents
- 341 (1.4%)
- Code
- 40214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.buzen.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Buzen. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Buzen
- Is Buzen a city or a prefecture?
- Buzen (豊前市) 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 Buzen?
- Buzen 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 Buzen?
- 24,391 at the 2020 census, down 6.0% from 25,940 in 2015. The area is 111.01 km², which is 220 people per km². 9,910 households. 37.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Buzen?
- Four: Yoshitomi Town (吉富町), Koge Town (上毛町), Chikujo Town (築上町), and Nakatsu City (中津市) in Ōita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Buzen in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Buzen written in Japanese?
- 豊前市, read Buzen-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 Buzen begin?
- 福岡県豊前市… (Fukuoka-ken, Buzen-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.