Matsura松浦市
Matsura-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Matsura (松浦市, Matsura-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 21,271 (2020 census), area 130.55 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 松浦市
- Reading
- Matsura-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki 長崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 21,271 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.7% from 23,309
- Area
- 130.55 km²
- Density
- 163 people per km²
- Households
- 8,789
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 37.3%
- Foreign residents
- 240 (1.1%)
- Code
- 42208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city-matsuura.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Matsura. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Matsura
- Is Matsura a city or a prefecture?
- Matsura (松浦市) is a city (市, shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Matsura?
- Matsura is in Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県), 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 Matsura?
- 21,271 at the 2020 census, down 8.7% from 23,309 in 2015. The area is 130.55 km², which is 163 people per km². 8,789 households. 37.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Matsura?
- Three: Imari City (伊万里市) in Saga, Sasebo City (佐世保市), and Hirado City (平戸市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Matsura in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Matsura written in Japanese?
- 松浦市, read Matsura-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 Matsura begin?
- 長崎県松浦市… (Nagasaki-ken, Matsura-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.