Reihoku苓北町

Reihoku-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Reihoku (苓北町, Reihoku-machi) is a town in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 7,114 (2020 census), area 67.58 km². Borders 1 place.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Amakusa District, Kumamoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

苓北町

Reading

Reihoku-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Amakusa District 天草郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kumamoto 熊本県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

7,114 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-8.1% from 7,739

Area

67.58 km²

Density

105 people per km²

Households

2,769

Under 15

10.3%

65 and over

43.2%

Foreign residents

64 (0.9%)

Code

43531 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

reihoku-kumamoto.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

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

• Amakusa City天草市

Questions about Reihoku

Is Reihoku a city, a town, or a village?

Reihoku (苓北町) is a town (町, machi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Amakusa District (天草郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Reihoku?

Reihoku 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 Reihoku?

7,114 at the 2020 census, down 8.1% from 7,739 in 2015. The area is 67.58 km², which is 105 people per km². 2,769 households. 43.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Reihoku?

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

How is Reihoku written in Japanese?

苓北町, read Reihoku-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Reihoku begin?

熊本県天草郡苓北町… (Kumamoto-ken, Amakusa-gun, Reihoku-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.