Amakusa

Amakusa is a city located in , . As of 31 August 2024, the city had an estimated population of 72,243 in 36029 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 683.82 km2.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: City with 75,800 residents
  • Description: city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Amakusa, Kumamoto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amakusa Christian Museum and 本渡郵便局.

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

Post office
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is a post office.

School
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is a school.

Amakusa

Latitude
32.4585° or 32° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
130.193° or 130° 11′ 35″ east
Population
75,800
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
AXJ
Open location code
8Q4GF55V+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281184
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
7424125
Wiki­data ID
Q452634
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Amakusa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أماكوسا، كوماموتو”
  • Arabic: “أماكوسا”
  • Armenian: “Ամակուսա”
  • Asturian: “Amakusa”
  • Bengali: “আমাকুসা”
  • Catalan: “Amakusa”
  • Cebuano: “Amakusa Gun”
  • Cebuano: “Amakusa-shi”
  • Chechen: “Амакуса (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Амакуса”
  • Chinese: “Amakusa-chhī”
  • Chinese: “天草”
  • Chinese: “天草市”
  • Czech: “Amakusa”
  • Danish: “Amakusa”
  • Dutch: “Amakusa”
  • Esperanto: “Amakusa (urbo)”
  • Esperanto: “Amakusa”
  • Finnish: “Amakusa”
  • French: “Amakusa”
  • Galician: “Amakusa”
  • German: “Amakusa”
  • Greek: “Αμακούσα”
  • Gujarati: “અમાકુસા”
  • Hebrew: “אמקוסה”
  • Hindi: “अमाकूसा”
  • Hungarian: “Amakusza”
  • Indonesian: “Amakusa, Kumamoto”
  • Indonesian: “Amakusa”
  • Irish: “Amakusa”
  • Italian: “Amakusa”
  • Japanese: “Amakusa-shi”
  • Japanese: “あまくさし”
  • Japanese: “あまくさしやくしょ”
  • Japanese: “天草”
  • Japanese: “天草市”
  • Japanese: “天草市役所”
  • Kannada: “ಅಮಕುಸಾ”
  • Korean: “아마쿠사시”
  • Latvian: “Amakusa”
  • Literary Chinese: “天草市”
  • Lithuanian: “Amakusa”
  • Malay: “Amakusa”
  • Marathi: “अमाकुसा”
  • Mazanderani: “آماکوسا، کوماموتو”
  • Mazanderani: “آماکوسا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amakusa-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amakusa”
  • Persian: “آماکوسا، کوماموتو”
  • Persian: “آماکوسا”
  • Persian: “اماکوسا، کوماموتو”
  • Polish: “Amakusa”
  • Portuguese: “Amakusa”
  • Romanian: “Amakusa, kumamoto”
  • Romanian: “Amakusa”
  • Russian: “Амакуса”
  • Scots: “Amakusa”
  • Sinhala: “අමකුසා”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آماکوسا، کوماموتو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آماکوسا”
  • Spanish: “Amakusa”
  • Swedish: “Amakusa”
  • Tagalog: “Amakusa, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Amakusa”
  • Tajik: “Амакуса”
  • Tamil: “அமாகுசா”
  • Tatar: “Амакуса”
  • Telugu: “ఆమకుసా”
  • Thai: “อามากูซะ”
  • Turkish: “Amakusa”
  • Ukrainian: “Амакуса, Кумамото”
  • Ukrainian: “Амакуса”
  • Urdu: “اماکوسا”
  • Vietnamese: “Amakusa, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Amakusa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amakusa, Kumamoto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amakusa”
  • Yue Chinese: “天草”

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