Minami南区

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

Minami (南区, Minami-ku) is a ward of Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 130,829 (2020 census), area 110.01 km². Borders 8 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

Kumamoto City 熊本市

Prefecture

Kumamoto 熊本県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

130,829 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+2.4% from 127,769

Area

110.01 km²

Density

1,189 people per km²

Households

49,967

Under 15

16.0%

65 and over

26.8%

Foreign residents

790 (0.6%)

Code

43104 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kumamoto.jp/minami

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

8 places share a land border with Minami, 3 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Chuo Ward中央区
• Higashi Ward東区
• Nishi Ward西区
• Uto City宇土市
• Uki City宇城市
• Mifune Town御船町
• Kashima Town嘉島町
• Kosa Town甲佐町

Questions about Minami

Is Minami a city?

Minami (南区) is a ward of Kumamoto (熊本市), 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 Kumamoto (熊本市), 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 Minami?

130,829 at the 2020 census, up 2.4% from 127,769 in 2015. The area is 110.01 km², which is 1,189 people per km². 49,967 households. 26.8% of residents are 65 or older and 16.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minami?

Eight: Chuo Ward (中央区), Higashi Ward (東区), Nishi Ward (西区), Uto City (宇土市), Uki City (宇城市), Mifune Town (御船町), Kashima Town (嘉島町), and Kosa Town (甲佐町). 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?

熊本県熊本市南区… (Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-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.