Urumaうるま市
Uruma-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uruma (うるま市, Uruma-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 125,303 (2020 census), area 87.02 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
- うるま市
- Reading
- Uruma-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 125,303 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +5.4% from 118,898
- Area
- 87.02 km²
- Density
- 1,440 people per km²
- Households
- 48,163
- Under 15
- 16.9%
- 65 and over
- 22.5%
- Foreign residents
- 1,359 (1.1%)
- Code
- 47213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uruma.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Uruma. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uruma
- Is Uruma a city or a prefecture?
- Uruma (うるま市) 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 Uruma?
- Uruma 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 Uruma?
- 125,303 at the 2020 census, up 5.4% from 118,898 in 2015. The area is 87.02 km², which is 1,440 people per km². 48,163 households. 22.5% of residents are 65 or older and 16.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uruma?
- Three: Okinawa City (沖縄市), Onna Village (恩納村), and Kin Town (金武町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uruma in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uruma written in Japanese?
- うるま市, read Uruma-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 Uruma begin?
- 沖縄県うるま市… (Okinawa-ken, Uruma-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.