Minami南区
Minami-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.
Minami (南区, Minami-ku) is a ward of Sapporo, in Hokkaidō Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 135,777 (2020 census), area 657.48 km². Borders 12 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.
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
- Sapporo City 札幌市
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 135,777 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.8% from 141,190
- Area
- 657.48 km²
- Density
- 207 people per km²
- Households
- 62,134
- Under 15
- 9.8%
- 65 and over
- 35.9%
- Foreign residents
- 664 (0.5%)
- Code
- 01106 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sapporo.jp/minami
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring wards and municipalities
12 places share a land border with Minami, 5 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Minami
- Is Minami a city?
- Minami (南区) is a ward of Sapporo (札幌市), 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 Sapporo (札幌市), in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō 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?
- 135,777 at the 2020 census, down 3.8% from 141,190 in 2015. The area is 657.48 km², which is 207 people per km². 62,134 households. 35.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Minami?
- 12: Chuo Ward (中央区), Toyohira Ward (豊平区), Nishi Ward (西区), Teine Ward (手稲区), Kiyota Ward (清田区), Otaru City (小樽市), Chitose City (千歳市), Eniwa City (恵庭市), Date City (伊達市), Kimobetsu Town (喜茂別町), Kyogoku Town (京極町), and Akaigawa Village (赤井川村). 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?
- 北海道札幌市南区… (Hokkaidō, Sapporo-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.
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.