Usuki臼杵市
Usuki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Usuki (臼杵市, Usuki-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 36,158 (2020 census), area 291.2 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
- 臼杵市
- Reading
- Usuki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 36,158 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.7% from 38,748
- Area
- 291.2 km²
- Density
- 124 people per km²
- Households
- 14,749
- Under 15
- 10.4%
- 65 and over
- 41.1%
- Foreign residents
- 315 (0.9%)
- Code
- 44206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.usuki.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Usuki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Usuki
- Is Usuki a city or a prefecture?
- Usuki (臼杵市) 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 Usuki?
- Usuki 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 Usuki?
- 36,158 at the 2020 census, down 6.7% from 38,748 in 2015. The area is 291.2 km², which is 124 people per km². 14,749 households. 41.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Usuki?
- Four: Oita City (大分市), Saiki City (佐伯市), Tsukumi City (津久見市), and Bungoono City (豊後大野市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Usuki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Usuki written in Japanese?
- 臼杵市, read Usuki-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 Usuki begin?
- 大分県臼杵市… (Ōita-ken, Usuki-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.