Uda宇陀市
Uda-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uda (宇陀市, Uda-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture. Population 28,121 (2020 census), area 247.5 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nara Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宇陀市
- Reading
- Uda-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nara 奈良県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 28,121 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.6% from 31,105
- Area
- 247.5 km²
- Density
- 114 people per km²
- Households
- 10,852
- Under 15
- 8.8%
- 65 and over
- 42.1%
- Foreign residents
- 238 (0.8%)
- Code
- 29212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uda.nara.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Uda. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uda
- Is Uda a city or a prefecture?
- Uda (宇陀市) is a city (市, shi) in Nara Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Uda?
- Uda is in Nara Prefecture (奈良県), 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 Uda?
- 28,121 at the 2020 census, down 9.6% from 31,105 in 2015. The area is 247.5 km², which is 114 people per km². 10,852 households. 42.1% of residents are 65 or older and 8.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uda?
- Seven: Nabari City (名張市) in Mie, Nara City (奈良市), Sakurai City (桜井市), Yamazoe Village (山添村), Soni Village (曽爾村), Yoshino Town (吉野町), and Higashiyoshino Village (東吉野村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uda in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uda written in Japanese?
- 宇陀市, read Uda-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 Uda begin?
- 奈良県宇陀市… (Nara-ken, Uda-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.