Tsukubaつくば市
Tsukuba-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tsukuba (つくば市, Tsukuba-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 241,656 (2020 census), area 283.72 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- つくば市
- Reading
- Tsukuba-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 241,656 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +6.5% from 226,963
- Area
- 283.72 km²
- Density
- 852 people per km²
- Households
- 110,490
- Under 15
- 14.4%
- 65 and over
- 19.8%
- Foreign residents
- 9,232 (3.8%)
- Code
- 08220 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tsukuba.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Tsukuba. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tsukuba
- Is Tsukuba a city or a prefecture?
- Tsukuba (つくば市) is a city (市, shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tsukuba?
- Tsukuba is in Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Tsukuba?
- 241,656 at the 2020 census, up 6.5% from 226,963 in 2015. The area is 283.72 km², which is 852 people per km². 110,490 households. 19.8% of residents are 65 or older and 14.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tsukuba?
- Nine: Tsuchiura City (土浦市), Ishioka City (石岡市), Ryugasaki City (龍ケ崎市), Shimotsuma City (下妻市), Joso City (常総市), Ushiku City (牛久市), Chikusei City (筑西市), Sakuragawa City (桜川市), and Tsukubamirai City (つくばみらい市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tsukuba in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tsukuba written in Japanese?
- つくば市, read Tsukuba-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 Tsukuba begin?
- 茨城県つくば市… (Ibaraki-ken, Tsukuba-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.