Ureshino嬉野市
Ureshino-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ureshino (嬉野市, Ureshino-shi) is a city in Saga Prefecture. Population 25,848 (2020 census), area 126.41 km². Borders 7 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
- 嬉野市
- Reading
- Ureshino-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saga 佐賀県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 25,848 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.4% from 27,336
- Area
- 126.41 km²
- Density
- 204 people per km²
- Households
- 9,157
- Under 15
- 12.5%
- 65 and over
- 35.7%
- Foreign residents
- 161 (0.6%)
- Code
- 41209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ureshino.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Ureshino. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ureshino
- Is Ureshino a city or a prefecture?
- Ureshino (嬉野市) 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 Ureshino?
- Ureshino 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 Ureshino?
- 25,848 at the 2020 census, down 5.4% from 27,336 in 2015. The area is 126.41 km², which is 204 people per km². 9,157 households. 35.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ureshino?
- Seven: Takeo City (武雄市), Kashima City (鹿島市), Shiroishi Town (白石町), Omura City (大村市) in Nagasaki, Higashisonogi Town (東彼杵町) in Nagasaki, Kawatana Town (川棚町) in Nagasaki, and Hasami Town (波佐見町) in Nagasaki. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ureshino in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ureshino written in Japanese?
- 嬉野市, read Ureshino-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 Ureshino begin?
- 佐賀県嬉野市… (Saga-ken, Ureshino-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.