Chikugo筑後市
Chikugo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Chikugo (筑後市, Chikugo-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 48,827 (2020 census), area 41.78 km². Borders 6 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
- 筑後市
- Reading
- Chikugo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 48,827 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.0% from 48,339
- Area
- 41.78 km²
- Density
- 1,169 people per km²
- Households
- 18,752
- Under 15
- 14.5%
- 65 and over
- 27.4%
- Foreign residents
- 523 (1.1%)
- Code
- 40211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.chikugo.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Chikugo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Chikugo
- Is Chikugo a city or a prefecture?
- Chikugo (筑後市) 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 Chikugo?
- Chikugo 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 Chikugo?
- 48,827 at the 2020 census, up 1.0% from 48,339 in 2015. The area is 41.78 km², which is 1,169 people per km². 18,752 households. 27.4% of residents are 65 or older and 14.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Chikugo?
- Six: Kurume City (久留米市), Yanagawa City (柳川市), Yame City (八女市), Miyama City (みやま市), Oki Town (大木町), and Hirokawa Town (広川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chikugo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Chikugo written in Japanese?
- 筑後市, read Chikugo-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 Chikugo begin?
- 福岡県筑後市… (Fukuoka-ken, Chikugo-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.