Ushiku牛久市
Ushiku-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ushiku (牛久市, Ushiku-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 84,651 (2020 census), area 58.92 km². Borders 5 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
- 牛久市
- Reading
- Ushiku-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 84,651 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.4% from 84,317
- Area
- 58.92 km²
- Density
- 1,437 people per km²
- Households
- 35,195
- Under 15
- 12.8%
- 65 and over
- 29.2%
- Foreign residents
- 1,459 (1.7%)
- Code
- 08219 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ushiku.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Ushiku. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ushiku
- Is Ushiku a city or a prefecture?
- Ushiku (牛久市) 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 Ushiku?
- Ushiku 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 Ushiku?
- 84,651 at the 2020 census, up 0.4% from 84,317 in 2015. The area is 58.92 km², which is 1,437 people per km². 35,195 households. 29.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ushiku?
- Five: Tsuchiura City (土浦市), Ryugasaki City (龍ケ崎市), Tsukuba City (つくば市), Inashiki City (稲敷市), and Ami Town (阿見町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ushiku in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ushiku written in Japanese?
- 牛久市, read Ushiku-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 Ushiku begin?
- 茨城県牛久市… (Ibaraki-ken, Ushiku-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.