Ukihaうきは市
Ukiha-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ukiha (うきは市, Ukiha-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 27,981 (2020 census), area 117.46 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
- うきは市
- Reading
- Ukiha-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 27,981 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.2% from 29,509
- Area
- 117.46 km²
- Density
- 238 people per km²
- Households
- 10,128
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 245 (0.9%)
- Code
- 40225 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ukiha.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Ukiha. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ukiha
- Is Ukiha a city or a prefecture?
- Ukiha (うきは市) 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 Ukiha?
- Ukiha 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 Ukiha?
- 27,981 at the 2020 census, down 5.2% from 29,509 in 2015. The area is 117.46 km², which is 238 people per km². 10,128 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ukiha?
- Four: Kurume City (久留米市), Yame City (八女市), Asakura City (朝倉市), and Hita City (日田市) in Ōita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ukiha in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ukiha written in Japanese?
- うきは市, read Ukiha-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 Ukiha begin?
- 福岡県うきは市… (Fukuoka-ken, Ukiha-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.