Uto宇土市
Uto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uto (宇土市, Uto-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 36,122 (2020 census), area 74.3 km². Borders 2 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宇土市
- Reading
- Uto-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 36,122 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.4% from 37,026
- Area
- 74.3 km²
- Density
- 486 people per km²
- Households
- 13,499
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 30.4%
- Foreign residents
- 215 (0.6%)
- Code
- 43211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uto.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Uto. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uto
- Is Uto a city or a prefecture?
- Uto (宇土市) is a city (市, shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Uto?
- Uto is in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県), 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 Uto?
- 36,122 at the 2020 census, down 2.4% from 37,026 in 2015. The area is 74.3 km², which is 486 people per km². 13,499 households. 30.4% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uto?
- Two: Minami Ward (南区) of Kumamoto and Uki City (宇城市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uto in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uto written in Japanese?
- 宇土市, read Uto-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 Uto begin?
- 熊本県宇土市… (Kumamoto-ken, Uto-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.