Yufu由布市
Yufu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yufu (由布市, Yufu-shi) is a city in Ōita Prefecture. Population 32,772 (2020 census), area 319.32 km². Borders 6 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
- 由布市
- Reading
- Yufu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ōita 大分県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 32,772 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.3% from 34,262
- Area
- 319.32 km²
- Density
- 103 people per km²
- Households
- 13,175
- Under 15
- 12.7%
- 65 and over
- 34.2%
- Foreign residents
- 379 (1.2%)
- Code
- 44213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yufu.oita.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Yufu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yufu
- Is Yufu a city or a prefecture?
- Yufu (由布市) 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 Yufu?
- Yufu 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 Yufu?
- 32,772 at the 2020 census, down 4.3% from 34,262 in 2015. The area is 319.32 km², which is 103 people per km². 13,175 households. 34.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yufu?
- Six: Oita City (大分市), Beppu City (別府市), Taketa City (竹田市), Usa City (宇佐市), Kokonoe Town (九重町), and Kusu Town (玖珠町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yufu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yufu written in Japanese?
- 由布市, read Yufu-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 Yufu begin?
- 大分県由布市… (Ōita-ken, Yufu-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.