Urasoe浦添市
Urasoe-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Urasoe (浦添市, Urasoe-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 115,690 (2020 census), area 19.5 km². Borders 3 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
- 浦添市
- Reading
- Urasoe-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 115,690 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.3% from 114,232
- Area
- 19.5 km²
- Density
- 5,933 people per km²
- Households
- 47,331
- Under 15
- 17.1%
- 65 and over
- 20.4%
- Foreign residents
- 1,223 (1.1%)
- Code
- 47208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.urasoe.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Urasoe. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Urasoe
- Is Urasoe a city or a prefecture?
- Urasoe (浦添市) 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 Urasoe?
- Urasoe 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 Urasoe?
- 115,690 at the 2020 census, up 1.3% from 114,232 in 2015. The area is 19.5 km², which is 5,933 people per km². 47,331 households. 20.4% of residents are 65 or older and 17.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Urasoe?
- Three: Naha City (那覇市), Ginowan City (宜野湾市), and Nishihara Town (西原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Urasoe in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Urasoe written in Japanese?
- 浦添市, read Urasoe-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 Urasoe begin?
- 沖縄県浦添市… (Okinawa-ken, Urasoe-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.