Ogi小城市
Ogi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ogi (小城市, Ogi-shi) is a city in Saga Prefecture. Population 43,952 (2020 census), area 95.81 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Saga Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小城市
- Reading
- Ogi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saga 佐賀県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 43,952 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.7% from 44,259
- Area
- 95.81 km²
- Density
- 459 people per km²
- Households
- 15,907
- Under 15
- 14.1%
- 65 and over
- 29.0%
- Foreign residents
- 277 (0.6%)
- Code
- 41208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ogi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Ogi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ogi
- Is Ogi a city or a prefecture?
- Ogi (小城市) is a city (市, shi) in Saga Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ogi?
- Ogi is in Saga Prefecture (佐賀県), 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 Ogi?
- 43,952 at the 2020 census, down 0.7% from 44,259 in 2015. The area is 95.81 km², which is 459 people per km². 15,907 households. 29.0% of residents are 65 or older and 14.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ogi?
- Five: Saga City (佐賀市), Karatsu City (唐津市), Taku City (多久市), Kohoku Town (江北町), and Shiroishi Town (白石町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ogi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ogi written in Japanese?
- 小城市, read Ogi-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 Ogi begin?
- 佐賀県小城市… (Saga-ken, Ogi-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.