Taketa竹田市
Taketa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Taketa (竹田市, Taketa-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 20,332 (2020 census), area 477.53 km². Borders 9 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
- 竹田市
- Reading
- Taketa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 20,332 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.0% from 22,332
- Area
- 477.53 km²
- Density
- 43 people per km²
- Households
- 8,699
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 48.3%
- Foreign residents
- 240 (1.2%)
- Code
- 44208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.taketa.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Taketa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Taketa
- Is Taketa a city or a prefecture?
- Taketa (竹田市) 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 Taketa?
- Taketa 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 Taketa?
- 20,332 at the 2020 census, down 9.0% from 22,332 in 2015. The area is 477.53 km², which is 43 people per km². 8,699 households. 48.3% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Taketa?
- Nine: Aso City (阿蘇市) in Kumamoto, Minamioguni Town (南小国町) in Kumamoto, Ubuyama Village (産山村) in Kumamoto, Takamori Town (高森町) in Kumamoto, Oita City (大分市), Bungoono City (豊後大野市), Yufu City (由布市), Kokonoe Town (九重町), and Takachiho Town (高千穂町) in Miyazaki. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Taketa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Taketa written in Japanese?
- 竹田市, read Taketa-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 Taketa begin?
- 大分県竹田市… (Ōita-ken, Taketa-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.