Iizuka飯塚市
Iizuka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Iizuka (飯塚市, Iizuka-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 126,364 (2020 census), area 213.96 km². Borders 13 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
- 飯塚市
- Reading
- Iizuka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 126,364 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.2% from 129,146
- Area
- 213.96 km²
- Density
- 591 people per km²
- Households
- 55,762
- Under 15
- 12.9%
- 65 and over
- 31.7%
- Foreign residents
- 1,351 (1.1%)
- Code
- 40205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.iizuka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
13 places share a land border with Iizuka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Iizuka
- Is Iizuka a city or a prefecture?
- Iizuka (飯塚市) 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 Iizuka?
- Iizuka 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 Iizuka?
- 126,364 at the 2020 census, down 2.2% from 129,146 in 2015. The area is 213.96 km², which is 591 people per km². 55,762 households. 31.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Iizuka?
- 13: Nogata City (直方市), Tagawa City (田川市), Chikushino City (筑紫野市), Miyawaka City (宮若市), Kama City (嘉麻市), Umi Town (宇美町), Sasaguri Town (篠栗町), Sue Town (須恵町), Kotake Town (小竹町), Keisen Town (桂川町), Chikuzen Town (筑前町), Itoda Town (糸田町), and Fukuchi Town (福智町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Iizuka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Iizuka written in Japanese?
- 飯塚市, read Iizuka-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 Iizuka begin?
- 福岡県飯塚市… (Fukuoka-ken, Iizuka-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.