Taku多久市
Taku-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Taku (多久市, Taku-shi) is a city in Saga Prefecture. Population 18,295 (2020 census), area 96.96 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
- 多久市
- Reading
- Taku-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saga 佐賀県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 18,295 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.4% from 19,749
- Area
- 96.96 km²
- Density
- 189 people per km²
- Households
- 6,773
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 36.9%
- Foreign residents
- 165 (0.9%)
- Code
- 41204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.taku.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Taku. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Taku
- Is Taku a city or a prefecture?
- Taku (多久市) 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 Taku?
- Taku 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 Taku?
- 18,295 at the 2020 census, down 7.4% from 19,749 in 2015. The area is 96.96 km², which is 189 people per km². 6,773 households. 36.9% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Taku?
- Five: Karatsu City (唐津市), Takeo City (武雄市), Ogi City (小城市), Omachi Town (大町町), and Kohoku Town (江北町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Taku in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Taku written in Japanese?
- 多久市, read Taku-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 Taku begin?
- 佐賀県多久市… (Saga-ken, Taku-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.