Tsuchiura

Tsuchiura
土浦市
Upper: Kijo Park Middle:Tsuchiura Castle, Tsuchiura Station Lower:Skyline
Upper: Kijo Park
Middle:Tsuchiura Castle, Tsuchiura Station
Lower:Skyline
Flag of Tsuchiura
Official seal of Tsuchiura
Location of Tsuchiura in Ibaraki Prefecture
Location of Tsuchiura in Ibaraki Prefecture
Tsuchiura is located in Japan
Tsuchiura
Tsuchiura
 
Coordinates: 36°4′N 140°12′E / 36.067°N 140.200°E / 36.067; 140.200
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureIbaraki
First official recorded770 AD
City SettledNovember 3, 1940
Government
 • MayorMariko Andō (from November 2019)
Area
 • Total122.89 km2 (47.45 sq mi)
Population
 (January 2024)
 • Total142,181
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number029-826-1111
Address9-1 Yamato-cho, Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki-ken 300-8686
ClimateCfa
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
BirdGreat reed warbler, Japanese bush warbler
FlowerSakura
TreePopulus, Zelkova serrata
Tsuchiura city hall

Tsuchiura (土浦市, Tsuchiura-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city had an estimated population in 2024 of 142,181 people in 66,629 households, and a population density of 1,157 persons per squate kilometre. The proportion of the population aged over 65 was 29.7%.[1] The total area of the city is 122.89 square kilometres (47.45 sq mi). About 3,000 residents are non-Japanese, a large proportion of these being Filipinos, Chinese or Brazilians.

  1. ^ "Ibaraki prefectural official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.