Kamiamakusa上天草市

Kamiamakusa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Kamiamakusa (上天草市, Kamiamakusa-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 24,563 (2020 census), area 126.94 km². Borders 1 place.

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.

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Facts

Japanese name

上天草市

Reading

Kamiamakusa-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Kumamoto 熊本県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

24,563 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-9.0% from 27,006

Area

126.94 km²

Density

194 people per km²

Households

10,034

Under 15

10.3%

65 and over

42.1%

Foreign residents

96 (0.4%)

Code

43212 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kamiamakusa.kumamoto.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Kamiamakusa. Borders across water are not counted.

• Amakusa City天草市

Questions about Kamiamakusa

Is Kamiamakusa a city or a prefecture?

Kamiamakusa (上天草市) 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 Kamiamakusa?

Kamiamakusa 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 Kamiamakusa?

24,563 at the 2020 census, down 9.0% from 27,006 in 2015. The area is 126.94 km², which is 194 people per km². 10,034 households. 42.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kamiamakusa?

One: Amakusa City (天草市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamiamakusa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kamiamakusa written in Japanese?

上天草市, read Kamiamakusa-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 Kamiamakusa begin?

熊本県上天草市… (Kumamoto-ken, Kamiamakusa-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.