Minami南区

Minami-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Minami (南区, Minami-ku) is a ward of Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 265,583 (2020 census), area 30.98 km². Borders 6 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

南区

Reading

Minami-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Fukuoka City 福岡市

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

265,583 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.8% from 255,797

Area

30.98 km²

Density

8,573 people per km²

Households

129,031

Under 15

13.6%

65 and over

23.2%

Foreign residents

6,327 (2.4%)

Code

40134 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/minami

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

6 places share a land border with Minami, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Hakata Ward博多区
• Chuo Ward中央区
• Jonan Ward城南区
• Sawara Ward早良区
• Kasuga City春日市
• Nakagawa City那珂川市

Questions about Minami

Is Minami a city?

Minami (南区) is a ward of Fukuoka (福岡市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Minami?

Minami is inside Fukuoka (福岡市), in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Minami?

265,583 at the 2020 census, up 3.8% from 255,797 in 2015. The area is 30.98 km², which is 8,573 people per km². 129,031 households. 23.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.6% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minami?

Six: Hakata Ward (博多区), Chuo Ward (中央区), Jonan Ward (城南区), Sawara Ward (早良区), Kasuga City (春日市), and Nakagawa City (那珂川市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Minami in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Minami written in Japanese?

南区, read Minami-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Minami begin?

福岡県福岡市南区… (Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, Minami-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.