Fuchu府中市
Fuchu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Fuchu (府中市, Fuchu-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 37,655 (2020 census), area 195.75 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hiroshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 府中市
- Reading
- Fuchu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 37,655 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.0% from 40,069
- Area
- 195.75 km²
- Density
- 192 people per km²
- Households
- 15,030
- Under 15
- 10.4%
- 65 and over
- 38.2%
- Foreign residents
- 580 (1.5%)
- Code
- 34208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fuchu.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Fuchu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Fuchu
- Is Fuchu a city or a prefecture?
- Fuchu (府中市) is a city (市, shi) in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Fuchu?
- Fuchu is in Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Fuchu?
- 37,655 at the 2020 census, down 6.0% from 40,069 in 2015. The area is 195.75 km², which is 192 people per km². 15,030 households. 38.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Fuchu?
- Six: Onomichi City (尾道市), Fukuyama City (福山市), Miyoshi City (三次市), Shobara City (庄原市), Sera Town (世羅町), and Jinsekikogen Town (神石高原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fuchu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Fuchu written in Japanese?
- 府中市, read Fuchu-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 Fuchu begin?
- 広島県府中市… (Hiroshima-ken, Fuchu-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.