Oita大分市
Oita-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Oita (大分市, Oita-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 475,614 (2020 census), area 502.39 km². Borders 5 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
- 大分市
- Reading
- Oita-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 475,614 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.5% from 478,146
- Area
- 502.39 km²
- Density
- 947 people per km²
- Households
- 209,539
- Under 15
- 13.4%
- 65 and over
- 27.6%
- Foreign residents
- 3,320 (0.7%)
- Code
- 44201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.oita.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Oita. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Oita
- Is Oita a city or a prefecture?
- Oita (大分市) 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 Oita?
- Oita 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 Oita?
- 475,614 at the 2020 census, down 0.5% from 478,146 in 2015. The area is 502.39 km², which is 947 people per km². 209,539 households. 27.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Oita?
- Five: Beppu City (別府市), Usuki City (臼杵市), Taketa City (竹田市), Bungoono City (豊後大野市), and Yufu City (由布市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Oita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Oita written in Japanese?
- 大分市, read Oita-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 Oita begin?
- 大分県大分市… (Ōita-ken, Oita-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.