Chikushino筑紫野市
Chikushino-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Chikushino (筑紫野市, Chikushino-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 103,311 (2020 census), area 87.73 km². Borders 9 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
- 筑紫野市
- Reading
- Chikushino-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 103,311 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.2% from 101,081
- Area
- 87.73 km²
- Density
- 1,178 people per km²
- Households
- 41,861
- Under 15
- 14.3%
- 65 and over
- 25.9%
- Foreign residents
- 633 (0.6%)
- Code
- 40217 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.chikushino.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Chikushino. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Chikushino
- Is Chikushino a city or a prefecture?
- Chikushino (筑紫野市) 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 Chikushino?
- Chikushino 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 Chikushino?
- 103,311 at the 2020 census, up 2.2% from 101,081 in 2015. The area is 87.73 km², which is 1,178 people per km². 41,861 households. 25.9% of residents are 65 or older and 14.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Chikushino?
- Nine: Iizuka City (飯塚市), Ogori City (小郡市), Onojo City (大野城市), Dazaifu City (太宰府市), Nakagawa City (那珂川市), Umi Town (宇美町), Chikuzen Town (筑前町), Tosu City (鳥栖市) in Saga, and Kiyama Town (基山町) in Saga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chikushino in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Chikushino written in Japanese?
- 筑紫野市, read Chikushino-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 Chikushino begin?
- 福岡県筑紫野市… (Fukuoka-ken, Chikushino-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.