Fukuyama福山市
Fukuyama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Fukuyama (福山市, Fukuyama-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 460,930 (2020 census), area 518.14 km². Borders 5 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
- 福山市
- Reading
- Fukuyama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 460,930 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.8% from 464,811
- Area
- 518.14 km²
- Density
- 890 people per km²
- Households
- 193,371
- Under 15
- 13.2%
- 65 and over
- 29.0%
- Foreign residents
- 9,649 (2.1%)
- Code
- 34207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Fukuyama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Fukuyama
- Is Fukuyama a city or a prefecture?
- Fukuyama (福山市) 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 Fukuyama?
- Fukuyama 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 Fukuyama?
- 460,930 at the 2020 census, down 0.8% from 464,811 in 2015. The area is 518.14 km², which is 890 people per km². 193,371 households. 29.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Fukuyama?
- Five: Kasaoka City (笠岡市) in Okayama, Ibara City (井原市) in Okayama, Onomichi City (尾道市), Fuchu City (府中市), and Jinsekikogen Town (神石高原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fukuyama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Fukuyama written in Japanese?
- 福山市, read Fukuyama-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 Fukuyama begin?
- 広島県福山市… (Hiroshima-ken, Fukuyama-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.