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  • Type: Quarter with 40,800 residents
  • Description: dissolved municipality in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hondo, Kumamoto”, “Hondomachi-hondo”, and “Hondomachi-Hondo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amakusa Christian Museum and Amakusa Airfield.

Museum
Photo: Ippukucho, CC BY 3.0.
opened in , Japan, in 1966 and in March 2014 received its four millionth visitor. The museum includes exhibits relating to the Shimabara Rebellion and Kakure kirishitan.

Aerodrome
Photo: まも, Public domain.
is an airport 2.3 NM northwest of , , on the in Japan. Locals often refer to it as Amakusa Airport. is situated 3½ km north of Hondo.

Post office
Photo: Heaba3150, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a post office, which is situated 3 km east of Hondo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reihoku.

Town
is a town located in Amakusa District, , . As of 31 August 2024, the town had an estimated population of 6,264 in 3,016 households, and a population density of 93 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 67.58 km2. is situated 10 km northwest of Hondo.

Hondo

Latitude
32.44895° or 32° 26′ 56″ north
Longitude
130.16245° or 130° 9′ 45″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP HOD
Open location code
8Q4GC5X6+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8681810853
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1862230
Wiki­data ID
Q1014387
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Hondo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “本渡市”
  • Czech: “Hondo”
  • Dutch: “Hondo”
  • French: “Hondo”
  • German: “Hondo”
  • Irish: “Hondo”
  • Japanese: “ほんどまちほんど”
  • Japanese: “ホンドマチホンド”
  • Japanese: “本渡市”
  • Japanese: “本渡町本渡”
  • Korean: “혼도시”
  • Portuguese: “Hondo”
  • Russian: “Хондо”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hondo”. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.