Minami南区

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

Minami (南区, Minami-ku) is a ward of Okayama, in Okayama Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 167,828 (2020 census), area 127.48 km². Borders 5 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

Okayama City 岡山市

Prefecture

Okayama 岡山県

Region

Chūgoku 中国

Population

167,828 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-0.2% from 168,181

Area

127.48 km²

Density

1,317 people per km²

Households

69,279

Under 15

13.5%

65 and over

27.0%

Foreign residents

2,413 (1.4%)

Code

33104 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.okayama.jp/minamiku

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

5 places share a land border with Minami, 2 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Kita Ward北区
• Naka Ward中区
• Kurashiki City倉敷市
• Tamano City玉野市
• Hayashima Town早島町

Questions about Minami

Is Minami a city?

Minami (南区) is a ward of Okayama (岡山市), 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 Okayama (岡山市), in Okayama Prefecture (岡山県), in the Chūgoku 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?

167,828 at the 2020 census, down 0.2% from 168,181 in 2015. The area is 127.48 km², which is 1,317 people per km². 69,279 households. 27.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minami?

Five: Kita Ward (北区), Naka Ward (中区), Kurashiki City (倉敷市), Tamano City (玉野市), and Hayashima Town (早島町). 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?

岡山県岡山市南区… (Okayama-ken, Okayama-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.