Kunisaki国東市
Kunisaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kunisaki (国東市, Kunisaki-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 26,232 (2020 census), area 318.1 km². Borders 2 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
- 国東市
- Reading
- Kunisaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 26,232 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.4% from 28,647
- Area
- 318.1 km²
- Density
- 82 people per km²
- Households
- 11,913
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 43.2%
- Foreign residents
- 248 (0.9%)
- Code
- 44214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kunisaki.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Kunisaki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kunisaki
- Is Kunisaki a city or a prefecture?
- Kunisaki (国東市) 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 Kunisaki?
- Kunisaki 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 Kunisaki?
- 26,232 at the 2020 census, down 8.4% from 28,647 in 2015. The area is 318.1 km², which is 82 people per km². 11,913 households. 43.2% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kunisaki?
- Two: Bungotakada City (豊後高田市) and Kitsuki City (杵築市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kunisaki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kunisaki written in Japanese?
- 国東市, read Kunisaki-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 Kunisaki begin?
- 大分県国東市… (Ōita-ken, Kunisaki-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.