Usa宇佐市
Usa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Usa (宇佐市, Usa-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 52,771 (2020 census), area 439.05 km². Borders 7 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
- 宇佐市
- Reading
- Usa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 52,771 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.2% from 56,258
- Area
- 439.05 km²
- Density
- 120 people per km²
- Households
- 21,984
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.9%
- Foreign residents
- 639 (1.2%)
- Code
- 44211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.usa.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Usa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Usa
- Is Usa a city or a prefecture?
- Usa (宇佐市) 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 Usa?
- Usa 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 Usa?
- 52,771 at the 2020 census, down 6.2% from 56,258 in 2015. The area is 439.05 km², which is 120 people per km². 21,984 households. 36.9% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Usa?
- Seven: Beppu City (別府市), Nakatsu City (中津市), Bungotakada City (豊後高田市), Kitsuki City (杵築市), Yufu City (由布市), Hiji Town (日出町), and Kusu Town (玖珠町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Usa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Usa written in Japanese?
- 宇佐市, read Usa-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 Usa begin?
- 大分県宇佐市… (Ōita-ken, Usa-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.