Uji宇治市
Uji-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uji (宇治市, Uji-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture. Population 179,630 (2020 census), area 67.54 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宇治市
- Reading
- Uji-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kyoto 京都府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 179,630 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.7% from 184,678
- Area
- 67.54 km²
- Density
- 2,660 people per km²
- Households
- 73,595
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 30.0%
- Foreign residents
- 2,553 (1.4%)
- Code
- 26204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uji.kyoto.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Uji. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uji
- Is Uji a city or a prefecture?
- Uji (宇治市) is a city (市, shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Uji?
- Uji is in Kyoto Prefecture (京都府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Uji?
- 179,630 at the 2020 census, down 2.7% from 184,678 in 2015. The area is 67.54 km², which is 2,660 people per km². 73,595 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uji?
- Five: Otsu City (大津市) in Shiga, Fushimi Ward (伏見区) of Kyoto, Joyo City (城陽市), Kumiyama Town (久御山町), and Ujitawara Town (宇治田原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uji in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uji written in Japanese?
- 宇治市, read Uji-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 Uji begin?
- 京都府宇治市… (Kyōto-fu, Uji-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.