Kitsuki杵築市
Kitsuki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kitsuki (杵築市, Kitsuki-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 27,999 (2020 census), area 280.08 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
- 杵築市
- Reading
- Kitsuki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 27,999 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.2% from 30,185
- Area
- 280.08 km²
- Density
- 100 people per km²
- Households
- 12,028
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.2%
- Foreign residents
- 170 (0.6%)
- Code
- 44210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kitsuki.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kitsuki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kitsuki
- Is Kitsuki a city or a prefecture?
- Kitsuki (杵築市) 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 Kitsuki?
- Kitsuki 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 Kitsuki?
- 27,999 at the 2020 census, down 7.2% from 30,185 in 2015. The area is 280.08 km², which is 100 people per km². 12,028 households. 38.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kitsuki?
- Four: Bungotakada City (豊後高田市), Usa City (宇佐市), Kunisaki City (国東市), and Hiji Town (日出町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kitsuki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kitsuki written in Japanese?
- 杵築市, read Kitsuki-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 Kitsuki begin?
- 大分県杵築市… (Ōita-ken, Kitsuki-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.