Beppu別府市
Beppu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Beppu (別府市, Beppu-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 115,321 (2020 census), area 125.34 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ōita Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 別府市
- Reading
- Beppu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 115,321 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.6% from 122,138
- Area
- 125.34 km²
- Density
- 920 people per km²
- Households
- 54,336
- Under 15
- 10.5%
- 65 and over
- 34.9%
- Foreign residents
- 3,405 (3.0%)
- Code
- 44202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.beppu.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Beppu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Beppu
- Is Beppu a city or a prefecture?
- Beppu (別府市) is a city (市, shi) in Ōita Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Beppu?
- Beppu is in Ōita Prefecture (大分県), 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 Beppu?
- 115,321 at the 2020 census, down 5.6% from 122,138 in 2015. The area is 125.34 km², which is 920 people per km². 54,336 households. 34.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Beppu?
- Four: Oita City (大分市), Usa City (宇佐市), Yufu City (由布市), and Hiji Town (日出町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Beppu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Beppu written in Japanese?
- 別府市, read Beppu-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 Beppu begin?
- 大分県別府市… (Ōita-ken, Beppu-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.