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Minami

Minami-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , , and is located in the southern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 192,143 and a population density of 14,000 persons per km².
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  • Type: Suburb with 180,000 residents
  • Description: one of the 10 wards of Saitama City, Saitama prefecture
  • Also known as: “Minami Ward”, “Minami-ku”, and “Minami-ku, Saitama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minami-Urawa and Naka-Urawa.

Railway station
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Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Saitama, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station on the Saikyō Line in Minami-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a junction passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Saitama, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urawa-ku and Sakura-ku.

Suburb
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Urawa is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , . Located in the northeast of the city, Urawa is the governmental center of Saitama and houses most of the city's administrative offices including the city hall, as well as the offices of government.

Suburb
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is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , , and is located in the southwestern part of the city. is situated 3½ km west of Minami.

Suburb
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is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , , and is located in the southeastern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 129,705 and a population density of 4,900 persons per km2. is situated 4½ km northeast of Minami.

Minami

Latitude
35.8453° or 35° 50′ 43″ north
Longitude
139.6454° or 139° 38′ 44″ east
Population
180,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XRJWW+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5318852973
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7506696
Wiki­data ID
Q1029251
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Minami” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Minami-ku”
  • Chinese: “南區”
  • Dutch: “Minami-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Minami-ku”
  • French: “Minami-ku (Saitama)”
  • French: “Minami-ku”
  • German: “Minami-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Minami-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Minami-ku, Saitama”
  • Irish: “Minami-ku”
  • Italian: “Minami-ku (Saitama)”
  • Italian: “Minami-ku”
  • Japanese: “さいたま市南区”
  • Japanese: “みなみく”
  • Japanese: “ミナミク”
  • Japanese: “南区”
  • Korean: “미나미구”
  • Persian: “مینامی-کو، سایتاما”
  • Persian: “مینامی-کو”
  • Polish: “Minami-ku”
  • Polish: “Minami”
  • Slovenian: “Minami”
  • Spanish: “Minami”
  • Thai: “เขตมินามิ”
  • Ukrainian: “Мінамі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Мінамі”
  • Urdu: “مینامی وارڈ، سائیتاما”
  • Urdu: “مینامی وارڈ”

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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 Wikipedia page “Minami”. Photo: ainosuke, CC BY-SA 3.0.