Minami
Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.- Suburb with 99,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
- Description: ward of Kyoto
- Also known as“Minami Ward”“Minami-ku”“Minami-ku, Kyoto”
- Neighbors: Higashiyama
- Established: September 1, 1955
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kyōto Station and To-ji Temple.
Kyōto Station
Railway station
Kyōto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan.
To-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon…
Kyoto Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Kyoto Tower, now officially renamed Nidec Kyoto Tower…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Kyoto and South Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Minami
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Latitude
34.9767° or 34° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
135.7464° or 135° 44′ 47″ east
Open location code
8Q6QXPGW+MH
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Minami” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Minami-ku”
- Basque: “Minami”
- Bulgarian: “Минами”
- Burmese: “မိနမိရပ်ကွက်၊ ကျိုတို”
- Catalan: “Minami-ku”
- Catalan: “Minami”
- Cebuano: “Minami Ku”
- Chinese: “南区”
- Chinese: “南區”
- Dutch: “Minami-ku”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Minami-ku”
- Finnish: “Minami-ku”
- French: “arrondissement de Minami”
- French: “arrondissement Sud”
- French: “Arrondissement Sud”
- French: “Minami-ku”
- Galician: “Minami-ku”
- German: “Kyōto/Minami-ku”
- German: “Minami-ku”
- Greek: “Μινάμι Κου”
- Hungarian: “Minami-ku”
- Indonesian: “Minami-ku, Kyōto”
- Indonesian: “Minami-ku”
- Irish: “Minami-ku”
- Italian: “Minami-ku (Kyoto)”
- Italian: “Minami-ku”
- Japanese: “Minami-ku”
- Japanese: “みなみく”
- Japanese: “ミナミク”
- Japanese: “京都市南区”
- Japanese: “南区”
- Korean: “미나미구”
- Persian: “مینامی”
- Russian: “Минами”
- Slovenian: “Minami-ku”
- Slovenian: “Minami”
- Thai: “เขตมินามิ”
- Turkish: “Minami-ku”
- Turkish: “Minami, Kyoto”
- Ukrainian: “Мінамі-ку”
- Ukrainian: “Мінамі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Мінамі”
- Yue Chinese: “南區 (京都)”
- Yue Chinese: “南區”
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