Tomigusuku豊見城市
Tomigusuku-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tomigusuku (豊見城市, Tomigusuku-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 64,612 (2020 census), area 19.31 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Okinawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 豊見城市
- Reading
- Tomigusuku-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 64,612 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +5.7% from 61,119
- Area
- 19.31 km²
- Density
- 3,346 people per km²
- Households
- 24,580
- Under 15
- 19.4%
- 65 and over
- 19.9%
- Foreign residents
- 392 (0.6%)
- Code
- 47212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tomigusuku.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Tomigusuku. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tomigusuku
- Is Tomigusuku a city or a prefecture?
- Tomigusuku (豊見城市) is a city (市, shi) in Okinawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tomigusuku?
- Tomigusuku is in Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県), 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 Tomigusuku?
- 64,612 at the 2020 census, up 5.7% from 61,119 in 2015. The area is 19.31 km², which is 3,346 people per km². 24,580 households. 19.9% of residents are 65 or older and 19.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tomigusuku?
- Four: Naha City (那覇市), Itoman City (糸満市), Haebaru Town (南風原町), and Yaese Town (八重瀬町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tomigusuku in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tomigusuku written in Japanese?
- 豊見城市, read Tomigusuku-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 Tomigusuku begin?
- 沖縄県豊見城市… (Okinawa-ken, Tomigusuku-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.