Tsukuba, Ibaraki

Japanese Name: つくば市
Prefecture: Ibaraki
Population: 207,314
Area: 284.07:
Longitude 140.0766423
Latitude 36.0834857
Homepage: http://www.city.tsukuba.ibaraki.jp/

Tsukuba, Ibaraki

Tsukuba (つくば市, Tsukuba-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the city had an estimated population of 223,151 and a population density of 787 persons per km². Its total area is 283.72 square kilometres (109.54 square miles). It is known as the location of the Tsukuba Science City (筑波研究学園都市, Tsukuba Kenkyū Gakuen Toshi), a planned science park developed in the 1960s.