Amakusa天草市
Amakusa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Amakusa (天草市, Amakusa-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 75,783 (2020 census), area 683.82 km². Borders 2 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 天草市
- Reading
- Amakusa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 75,783 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.4% from 82,739
- Area
- 683.82 km²
- Density
- 111 people per km²
- Households
- 31,873
- Under 15
- 11.1%
- 65 and over
- 41.2%
- Foreign residents
- 326 (0.4%)
- Code
- 43215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.amakusa.kumamoto.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Amakusa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Amakusa
- Is Amakusa a city or a prefecture?
- Amakusa (天草市) is a city (市, shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Amakusa?
- Amakusa is in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県), 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 Amakusa?
- 75,783 at the 2020 census, down 8.4% from 82,739 in 2015. The area is 683.82 km², which is 111 people per km². 31,873 households. 41.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Amakusa?
- Two: Kamiamakusa City (上天草市) and Reihoku Town (苓北町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Amakusa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Amakusa written in Japanese?
- 天草市, read Amakusa-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Amakusa begin?
- 熊本県天草市… (Kumamoto-ken, Amakusa-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city 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.