Hita日田市
Hita-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hita (日田市, Hita-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 62,657 (2020 census), area 666.03 km². Borders 12 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
- 日田市
- Reading
- Hita-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 62,657 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.8% from 66,523
- Area
- 666.03 km²
- Density
- 94 people per km²
- Households
- 25,139
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 35.8%
- Foreign residents
- 427 (0.7%)
- Code
- 44204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hita.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
12 places share a land border with Hita. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hita
- Is Hita a city or a prefecture?
- Hita (日田市) 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 Hita?
- Hita 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 Hita?
- 62,657 at the 2020 census, down 5.8% from 66,523 in 2015. The area is 666.03 km², which is 94 people per km². 25,139 households. 35.8% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hita?
- 12: Yame City (八女市) in Fukuoka, Ukiha City (うきは市) in Fukuoka, Asakura City (朝倉市) in Fukuoka, Toho Village (東峰村) in Fukuoka, Soeda Town (添田町) in Fukuoka, Yamaga City (山鹿市) in Kumamoto, Kikuchi City (菊池市) in Kumamoto, Aso City (阿蘇市) in Kumamoto, Minamioguni Town (南小国町) in Kumamoto, Oguni Town (小国町) in Kumamoto, Nakatsu City (中津市), and Kusu Town (玖珠町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hita written in Japanese?
- 日田市, read Hita-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 Hita begin?
- 大分県日田市… (Ōita-ken, Hita-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.