Omuta大牟田市
Omuta-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Omuta (大牟田市, Omuta-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 111,281 (2020 census), area 81.45 km². Borders 3 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
- 大牟田市
- Reading
- Omuta-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 111,281 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.2% from 117,360
- Area
- 81.45 km²
- Density
- 1,366 people per km²
- Households
- 49,231
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 37.6%
- Foreign residents
- 738 (0.7%)
- Code
- 40202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.omuta.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Omuta. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Omuta
- Is Omuta a city or a prefecture?
- Omuta (大牟田市) 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 Omuta?
- Omuta 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 Omuta?
- 111,281 at the 2020 census, down 5.2% from 117,360 in 2015. The area is 81.45 km², which is 1,366 people per km². 49,231 households. 37.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Omuta?
- Three: Miyama City (みやま市), Arao City (荒尾市) in Kumamoto, and Nankan Town (南関町) in Kumamoto. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Omuta in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Omuta written in Japanese?
- 大牟田市, read Omuta-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 Omuta begin?
- 福岡県大牟田市… (Fukuoka-ken, Omuta-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.