Mifune

Mifune is a town located in , , Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 17,254 in 7647 households, and a population density of 170 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 99.03 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 17,200 residents
  • Description: town in Kamimashiki district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Mifune, Kumamoto”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mifune Dinosaur Museum and 町立御船小学校.

Museum
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opened in Mifune, , Japan in 1998. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and displays the dinosaur fossils found in the area; the collection, which includes Japan's first fossil from a meat-eating dinosaur, Mifunesaurus, numbers some 15,000 items.

School
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is a school.

Police station
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is a police station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kashima and Kosa.

Town
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is a town located in , , Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,203 in 4135 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 16.65 km2. is situated 5 km northwest of Mifune.

Town
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Kōsa is a town located in , , Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,004 in 4,441 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 57.93 km2. is situated 7 km south of Mifune.

Suburb
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is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the , , and also by the towns of , and . is situated 8 km northwest of Mifune.

Mifune

Latitude
32.71459° or 32° 42′ 53″ north
Longitude
130.80187° or 130° 48′ 7″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GPR72+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281367
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1857343
Wiki­data ID
Q1208526
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mifune” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميفوني”
  • Asturian: “Mifune”
  • Catalan: “Mifune”
  • Cebuano: “Mifune-machi”
  • Chinese: “御船町”
  • Czech: “Mifune”
  • Dutch: “Mifune”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميفونى”
  • French: “Mifune”
  • German: “Mifune”
  • Hungarian: “Mifune”
  • Irish: “Mifune”
  • Italian: “Mifune”
  • Japanese: “Mifune-machi”
  • Japanese: “みふねまち”
  • Japanese: “御船”
  • Japanese: “御船町”
  • Korean: “미후네마치”
  • Korean: “미후네정”
  • Malay: “Mifune, Kumamoto”
  • Malay: “Mifune”
  • Persian: “میفونه”
  • Polish: “Mifune”
  • Portuguese: “Mifune”
  • Russian: “Мифуне”
  • Spanish: “Mifune”
  • Swedish: “Mifune, Kumamoto”
  • Swedish: “Mifune”
  • Tagalog: “Mifune, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Mifune”
  • Thai: “มิฟูเนะ”
  • Turkish: “Mifune”
  • Urdu: “میفونے، کوماموٹو”
  • “御船町”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hetami and Mifune.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 御船町役場 and 御船町立図書館.

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