Utsunomiya宇都宮市
Utsunomiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Utsunomiya (宇都宮市, Utsunomiya-shi) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture. Population 518,757 (2020 census), area 416.85 km². Borders 10 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宇都宮市
- Reading
- Utsunomiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tochigi 栃木県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 518,757 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- 0.0% from 518,594
- Area
- 416.85 km²
- Density
- 1,244 people per km²
- Households
- 230,841
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 25.9%
- Foreign residents
- 9,628 (1.9%)
- Code
- 09201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.utsunomiya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Utsunomiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Utsunomiya
- Is Utsunomiya a city or a prefecture?
- Utsunomiya (宇都宮市) is a city (市, shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Utsunomiya?
- Utsunomiya is in Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Utsunomiya?
- 518,757 at the 2020 census, unchanged from 518,594 in 2015. The area is 416.85 km², which is 1,244 people per km². 230,841 households. 25.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Utsunomiya?
- 10: Kanuma City (鹿沼市), Nikko City (日光市), Moka City (真岡市), Sakura City (さくら市), Shimotsuke City (下野市), Kaminokawa Town (上三川町), Haga Town (芳賀町), Mibu Town (壬生町), Shioya Town (塩谷町), and Takanezawa Town (高根沢町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Utsunomiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Utsunomiya written in Japanese?
- 宇都宮市, read Utsunomiya-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 Utsunomiya begin?
- 栃木県宇都宮市… (Tochigi-ken, Utsunomiya-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.