Minami

Minami-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, . As of 2004, it had a population of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km2. As of 2016, the population had increased to 255,000 people with 8,200 per km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 256,000 residents
  • Description: one of the seven wards of the City of Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Minami Ward”, “Minami-ku”, “Minami-ku, Fukuoka”, and “南区 (福岡市)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fukuoka Airport and Hakata Station.

Aerodrome
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, formerly known as Itazuke Air Base… is situated 3½ km northeast of Minami.

Railway station
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is a major railway station in , Japan.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hakata and Chūō-ku.

Suburb
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Hakata-ku is a ward of the city of in , Japan. is situated 3½ km north of Minami.

Suburb
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is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka city in Japan. is situated 4½ km northwest of Minami.

Suburb
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is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. is situated 5 km west of Minami.

Minami

Latitude
33.5616° or 33° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
130.4264° or 130° 25′ 35″ east
Population
256,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8Q5GHC6G+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3056920661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7407406
Wiki­data ID
Q1132419
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Minami” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Minami Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Fukuoka-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Minami Ku”
  • Chinese: “南区”
  • Chinese: “南區”
  • Dutch: “Minami-ku”
  • Finnish: “Minami-ku”
  • French: “Minami-ku”
  • German: “Minami-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Minami-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Minami-ku, Fukuoka”
  • Irish: “Minami-ku”
  • Italian: “Minami-ku (Fukuoka)”
  • Italian: “Minami-ku”
  • Japanese: “Minami-Ku”
  • Japanese: “みなみく”
  • Japanese: “ミナミク”
  • Japanese: “南区”
  • Japanese: “福岡市南区”
  • Korean: “미나미구”
  • Persian: “مینامی-کو، فوکوئوکا”
  • Persian: “مینامی-کو”
  • Polish: “Minami”
  • Russian: “Минами-ку (Фукуока)”
  • Russian: “Минами-ку”
  • Slovenian: “Minami”
  • Spanish: “Minami-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตมินามิ”
  • Turkish: “Minami, Fukuoka”
  • Urdu: “مینامی-کو، فوکوکا”
  • Venetian: “Minami-ku”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shiobaru 3-chome and Mukaino 2-chome.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 南区役所 and 福岡市南区役所.

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