Hyuga日向市
Hyuga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hyuga (日向市, Hyuga-shi) is a city in Miyazaki Prefecture. Population 59,629 (2020 census), area 336.95 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 日向市
- Reading
- Hyuga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyazaki 宮崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 59,629 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.5% from 61,761
- Area
- 336.95 km²
- Density
- 177 people per km²
- Households
- 25,111
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 32.7%
- Foreign residents
- 353 (0.6%)
- Code
- 45206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.hyugacity.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hyuga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hyuga
- Is Hyuga a city or a prefecture?
- Hyuga (日向市) is a city (市, shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hyuga?
- Hyuga is in Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県), 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 Hyuga?
- 59,629 at the 2020 census, down 3.5% from 61,761 in 2015. The area is 336.95 km², which is 177 people per km². 25,111 households. 32.7% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hyuga?
- Four: Kijo Town (木城町), Tsuno Town (都農町), Kadogawa Town (門川町), and Misato Town (美郷町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hyuga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hyuga written in Japanese?
- 日向市, read Hyuga-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 Hyuga begin?
- 宮崎県日向市… (Miyazaki-ken, Hyuga-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.