Minamidaito南大東村

Minamidaito-son. The name ends in 村 (son), the word for village.

Minamidaito (南大東村, Minamidaito-son) is a village in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 1,285 (2020 census), area 30.52 km².

A village (村 / son or mura) in Shimajiri District, Okinawa 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

南大東村

Reading

Minamidaito-son

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Shimajiri District 島尻郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Okinawa 沖縄県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

1,285 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-3.3% from 1,329

Area

30.52 km²

Density

42 people per km²

Households

680

Under 15

15.7%

65 and over

24.6%

Foreign residents

31 (2.4%)

Code

47357 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.vill.minamidaito.okinawa.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Minamidaito shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Minamidaito

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

Minamidaito (南大東村) is a village (村, son) in Okinawa Prefecture. A village 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 Shimajiri District (島尻郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Minamidaito?

Minamidaito is in Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県), 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 Minamidaito?

1,285 at the 2020 census, down 3.3% from 1,329 in 2015. The area is 30.52 km², which is 42 people per km². 680 households. 24.6% of residents are 65 or older and 15.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Minamidaito?

None. Minamidaito shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Minamidaito written in Japanese?

南大東村, read Minamidaito-son. The last character, 村 (son), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Minamidaito begin?

沖縄県島尻郡南大東村… (Okinawa-ken, Shimajiri-gun, Minamidaito-son, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village 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.