Kudamatsu下松市
Kudamatsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kudamatsu (下松市, Kudamatsu-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Population 55,887 (2020 census), area 89.36 km². Borders 2 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 下松市
- Reading
- Kudamatsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamaguchi 山口県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 55,887 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.1% from 55,812
- Area
- 89.36 km²
- Density
- 625 people per km²
- Households
- 24,718
- Under 15
- 13.9%
- 65 and over
- 29.6%
- Foreign residents
- 589 (1.1%)
- Code
- 35207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kudamatsu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Kudamatsu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kudamatsu
- Is Kudamatsu a city or a prefecture?
- Kudamatsu (下松市) is a city (市, shi) in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kudamatsu?
- Kudamatsu is in Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kudamatsu?
- 55,887 at the 2020 census, up 0.1% from 55,812 in 2015. The area is 89.36 km², which is 625 people per km². 24,718 households. 29.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kudamatsu?
- Two: Hikari City (光市) and Shunan City (周南市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kudamatsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kudamatsu written in Japanese?
- 下松市, read Kudamatsu-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 Kudamatsu begin?
- 山口県下松市… (Yamaguchi-ken, Kudamatsu-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.