Uozu魚津市
Uozu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uozu (魚津市, Uozu-shi) is a city in Toyama Prefecture. Population 40,535 (2020 census), area 200.61 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Toyama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 魚津市
- Reading
- Uozu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Toyama 富山県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 40,535 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.6% from 42,935
- Area
- 200.61 km²
- Density
- 202 people per km²
- Households
- 15,800
- Under 15
- 10.0%
- 65 and over
- 35.3%
- Foreign residents
- 425 (1.0%)
- Code
- 16204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uozu.toyama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Uozu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uozu
- Is Uozu a city or a prefecture?
- Uozu (魚津市) is a city (市, shi) in Toyama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Uozu?
- Uozu is in Toyama Prefecture (富山県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Uozu?
- 40,535 at the 2020 census, down 5.6% from 42,935 in 2015. The area is 200.61 km², which is 202 people per km². 15,800 households. 35.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uozu?
- Three: Namerikawa City (滑川市), Kurobe City (黒部市), and Kamiichi Town (上市町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uozu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uozu written in Japanese?
- 魚津市, read Uozu-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 Uozu begin?
- 富山県魚津市… (Toyama-ken, Uozu-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.