Omura大村市
Omura-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Omura (大村市, Omura-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 95,397 (2020 census), area 126.73 km². Borders 5 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
- 大村市
- Reading
- Omura-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki 長崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 95,397 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.8% from 92,757
- Area
- 126.73 km²
- Density
- 753 people per km²
- Households
- 39,002
- Under 15
- 15.7%
- 65 and over
- 25.6%
- Foreign residents
- 406 (0.4%)
- Code
- 42205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.omura.nagasaki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Omura. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Omura
- Is Omura a city or a prefecture?
- Omura (大村市) 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 Omura?
- Omura 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 Omura?
- 95,397 at the 2020 census, up 2.8% from 92,757 in 2015. The area is 126.73 km², which is 753 people per km². 39,002 households. 25.6% of residents are 65 or older and 15.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Omura?
- Five: Kashima City (鹿島市) in Saga, Ureshino City (嬉野市) in Saga, Tara Town (太良町) in Saga, Isahaya City (諫早市), and Higashisonogi Town (東彼杵町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Omura in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Omura written in Japanese?
- 大村市, read Omura-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 Omura begin?
- 長崎県大村市… (Nagasaki-ken, Omura-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.