Kure呉市
Kure-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kure (呉市, Kure-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 214,592 (2020 census), area 352.83 km². Borders 4 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
- 呉市
- Reading
- Kure-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 214,592 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.1% from 228,552
- Area
- 352.83 km²
- Density
- 608 people per km²
- Households
- 94,483
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 35.5%
- Foreign residents
- 3,130 (1.5%)
- Code
- 34202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kure.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kure. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kure
- Is Kure a city or a prefecture?
- Kure (呉市) 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 Kure?
- Kure 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 Kure?
- 214,592 at the 2020 census, down 6.1% from 228,552 in 2015. The area is 352.83 km², which is 608 people per km². 94,483 households. 35.5% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kure?
- Four: Aki Ward (安芸区) of Hiroshima, Higashihiroshima City (東広島市), Kumano Town (熊野町), and Saka Town (坂町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kure in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kure written in Japanese?
- 呉市, read Kure-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 Kure begin?
- 広島県呉市… (Hiroshima-ken, Kure-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.