Unzen雲仙市
Unzen-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Unzen (雲仙市, Unzen-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 41,096 (2020 census), area 214.31 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
- 雲仙市
- Reading
- Unzen-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki 長崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 41,096 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 44,115
- Area
- 214.31 km²
- Density
- 192 people per km²
- Households
- 15,141
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 35.7%
- Foreign residents
- 428 (1.0%)
- Code
- 42213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.unzen.nagasaki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Unzen. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Unzen
- Is Unzen a city or a prefecture?
- Unzen (雲仙市) 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 Unzen?
- Unzen 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 Unzen?
- 41,096 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 44,115 in 2015. The area is 214.31 km², which is 192 people per km². 15,141 households. 35.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Unzen?
- Three: Shimabara City (島原市), Isahaya City (諫早市), and Minamishimabara City (南島原市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Unzen in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Unzen written in Japanese?
- 雲仙市, read Unzen-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 Unzen begin?
- 長崎県雲仙市… (Nagasaki-ken, Unzen-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.