Minamata水俣市

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

Minamata (水俣市, Minamata-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 23,557 (2020 census), area 163.29 km². Borders 5 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

水俣市

Reading

Minamata-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Kumamoto 熊本県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

23,557 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-7.3% from 25,411

Area

163.29 km²

Density

144 people per km²

Households

10,123

Under 15

11.4%

65 and over

40.9%

Foreign residents

66 (0.3%)

Code

43205 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.minamata.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

5 places share a land border with Minamata. Borders across water are not counted.

• Ashikita Town芦北町
• Tsunagi Town津奈木町
• Kuma Village球磨村
• Izumi City出水市(Kagoshima)
• Isa City伊佐市(Kagoshima)

Questions about Minamata

Is Minamata a city or a prefecture?

Minamata (水俣市) 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 Minamata?

Minamata 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 Minamata?

23,557 at the 2020 census, down 7.3% from 25,411 in 2015. The area is 163.29 km², which is 144 people per km². 10,123 households. 40.9% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minamata?

Five: Ashikita Town (芦北町), Tsunagi Town (津奈木町), Kuma Village (球磨村), Izumi City (出水市) in Kagoshima, and Isa City (伊佐市) in Kagoshima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Minamata in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Minamata written in Japanese?

水俣市, read Minamata-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 Minamata begin?

熊本県水俣市… (Kumamoto-ken, Minamata-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.