Shibushi志布志市
Shibushi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shibushi (志布志市, Shibushi-shi) is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 29,329 (2020 census), area 290.28 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 志布志市
- Reading
- Shibushi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kagoshima 鹿児島県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 29,329 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 31,479
- Area
- 290.28 km²
- Density
- 101 people per km²
- Households
- 13,241
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 360 (1.2%)
- Code
- 46221 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shibushi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Shibushi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shibushi
- Is Shibushi a city or a prefecture?
- Shibushi (志布志市) is a city (市, shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Shibushi?
- Shibushi is in Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Shibushi?
- 29,329 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 31,479 in 2015. The area is 290.28 km², which is 101 people per km². 13,241 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shibushi?
- Four: Miyakonojo City (都城市) in Miyazaki, Kushima City (串間市) in Miyazaki, So City (曽於市), and Osaki Town (大崎町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shibushi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shibushi written in Japanese?
- 志布志市, read Shibushi-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 Shibushi begin?
- 鹿児島県志布志市… (Kagoshima-ken, Shibushi-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.