Fukui
Capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 261,474(March 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“福井県の推計人口 < 福井県ホームページ”pref.fukui.lg.jp/doc/toukei-jouhou/zinnkou/jinkou.html
- , 265,904(2015)
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Sources- 1.“System of Social and Demographic Statistics of Japan - Total population (Both sexes)”e-stat.go.jp/en/regional-statistics/ssdsview/municipalityRetrieved 2019-03-17
- , 266,796(2010)
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Sources- 1.“System of Social and Demographic Statistics of Japan - Total population (Both sexes)”e-stat.go.jp/en/regional-statistics/ssdsview/municipalityRetrieved 2019-03-17
- 261,474(March 1, 2021)
- Area
- 536.41 km²(since 2014)
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Sources- 1.“福井市統計書 > 土地・気象 > 市域の変遷”city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/tokei/fukuisi/p002857.html
- 536.41 km²(since 2014)
- Head of government
- Shin'ichi Higashimura(since 2007)
- Founded
- April 1, 1889
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
135 statements · 20% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- New Brunswick(since 1982)
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Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- 2.newbrunswicksistercities.org/projecto-3
- Fullerton(since 1989)
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Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- Hangzhou(since 1989)
1
Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- Kumamoto(since 1994)
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Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- Suwon(since 2001)
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Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- Yūki-shi(since 2002)
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Sources- 1.city.fukui.lg.jp/sisei/fukuisi/simaitosi/p001418.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-26
- New Brunswick(since 1982)
- Native label
- 福井市
- Name in kana
- ふくいし
- Shares border with
- Sakai direction relative to location: north
- Katsuyama direction relative to location: northeast
- Ōno-shi direction relative to location: east, southeast
- Echizen direction relative to location: south
- Sabae direction relative to location: south
- Ikeda direction relative to location: southeast
- Eiheiji direction relative to location: north, northeast
- Echizen direction relative to location: south, southwest
- Replaces
- Miyama(February 1, 2006)
- Shimizu(February 1, 2006)
- Koshino(February 1, 2006)
- Asuwa(September 1, 1971)
- Morita(July 30, 1967)
- Kawanishi(May 17, 1967)
- Denga(April 1, 1963)
- Fujioka(October 1, 1961)
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- Kunimi(February 1, 1959)
- Asōzu(October 1, 1957)
- Kawai(May 1, 1957)
- Daianji(April 1, 1957) applies to part: unknown
- Asuwa(April 10, 1956) applies to part: unknown
- Nakafujishima(March 19, 1955)
- Nishiago(August 1, 1954)
- Yashiro(April 1, 1954)
- Nishifujishima(March 30, 1951)
- Yashiro(April 1, 1949) applies to part: unknown
- Nishifujishima(June 1, 1948) applies to part: unknown
- Maruyamanishi(May 5, 1942)
- Maruyamahigashi(April 1, 1941)
- Higashiago(August 1, 1939)
- Kida(October 1, 1936)
- Wada(May 1, 1936)
- Higashiago(April 1, 1931) applies to part: unknown
- Associated electoral district
- Fukui 1st District(since 1994)
- Fukui 3rd district(2006–2013)
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 1,903,249(November 26, 2025) youtube channel id: UCeBEsP6O4WanZFl-c8eRo-A · youtube handle: fukuikohou
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- 1,903,249(November 26, 2025) youtube channel id: UCeBEsP6O4WanZFl-c8eRo-A · youtube handle: fukuikohou
On other databases
49 identifiers linking Fukui across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID48294
- BabelNet ID03533228n
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11960378v
- CiNii Research ID1140845216693904896
- Corporate Number (Japan)7000020182010
- Dantai code182010
- De Agostini IDFukui+(città)
- Facebook usernamefukuicity
- FAST ID1215722
- Freebase ID/m/0gp5rr
- GeoLOD IDk4Q06B
- GeoNames ID1863982
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)sc06vn
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004477
- GND ID4250606-2
- GNS Unique Feature ID-227355
- Google Maps Customer ID11825067745107360701
- Google News topics IDCAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNR2R3TlhKeUVnSnFZU2dBUAE
- HASCJP.FI.FK
- INaturalist place ID33471
- J9U entity ID987007557304305171
- Japan Search name ID福井市
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6289
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81112574
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=34787031
- MusicBrainz area IDb7cb348d-b204-42d0-8322-23c07f90344f
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA00388435
- Namuwiki ID후쿠이시
- Naver Encyclopedia ID (pre-August 2026)1156202
- NDL Authority ID00262191
- NE.se IDfukui
- NicoNicoPedia word article ID福井市
- NL CR AUT IDge689805
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3903127
- OpenCorporates organization IDjp/7000020182010
- OpenStreetMap relation ID4799846
- OpenWeatherMap city ID1863983
- Pixiv Encyclopedia ID福井市
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID22282
- Quora topic IDFukui-Japan
- Tripadvisor ID298110
- UN/LOCODEJPFKJ
- VIAF cluster ID252020629
- Who's on First ID102031797
- WOEID1117096
- X (Twitter) usernamefukui_kohou
- Yale LUX IDplace/f5585da7-1d9b-4096-aeab-7a1335d5af3b
- YouTube channel IDUCeBEsP6O4WanZFl-c8eRo-A
- YouTube handlefukuikohou