Minamishimabara南島原市

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

Minamishimabara (南島原市, Minamishimabara-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 42,330 (2020 census), area 170.13 km². Borders 2 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

Open Minamishimabara on the map

Facts

Japanese name

南島原市

Reading

Minamishimabara-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Nagasaki 長崎県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

42,330 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-9.0% from 46,535

Area

170.13 km²

Density

249 people per km²

Households

16,060

Under 15

11.2%

65 and over

40.4%

Foreign residents

259 (0.6%)

Code

42214 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.minamishimabara.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

2 places share a land border with Minamishimabara. Borders across water are not counted.

• Shimabara City島原市
• Unzen City雲仙市

Questions about Minamishimabara

Is Minamishimabara a city or a prefecture?

Minamishimabara (南島原市) is a city (市, shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Minamishimabara?

Minamishimabara is in Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県), 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 Minamishimabara?

42,330 at the 2020 census, down 9.0% from 46,535 in 2015. The area is 170.13 km², which is 249 people per km². 16,060 households. 40.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minamishimabara?

Two: Shimabara City (島原市) and Unzen City (雲仙市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Minamishimabara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Minamishimabara written in Japanese?

南島原市, read Minamishimabara-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 Minamishimabara begin?

長崎県南島原市… (Nagasaki-ken, Minamishimabara-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.