Kumamoto Prefecture

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Kumamoto-ken
熊 本 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Kumamoto
Region : Kyushu
Main island : Kyushu
Area : 7,409.45  km²
Water content: 0.2  %
Residents : 1,746,740
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 236 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 9
Municipalities : 45
ISO 3166-2 : JP-43
Governor : Ikuo Kabashima
Website: www.pref.kumamoto.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Flag of Kumamoto Prefecture
Prefecture tree : Camphor tree
Prefecture flower : Gentiana scabra var. Buergeri
Vogel prefecture : Skylark
Fish prefecture : Marsupenaeus japonicus

The Kumamoto Prefecture ( Jap. 熊本県 , Kumamoto-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan . It is located in the Kyushu region on the island of Kyushu. The seat of the prefecture administration is the city of the same name Kumamoto .

history

The Kumamoto Prefecture largely corresponds in terms of territory to the ancient Higo Province . A first Kumamoto-ken emerged in 1871 from the principality of the same name (- han ) Kumamoto . It was later temporarily renamed Shirakawa and in 1873 it was united with Yatsushiro Prefecture , in which other principalities / prefectures in Higo Province had previously been combined. In 1876 Shirakawa was renamed Kumamoto again.

With the introduction of the municipal regulations designed by German consultants and the associated major Meiji regional reform in 1889, over 300 communities emerged in Kumamoto, including the prefecture capital as the only independent city (- shi ) at the time.

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of July 8, 2019)
      
A total of 49 seats
  • LDP : 37
  • Kumamoto minshu rengō ("Democratic League Kumamoto"): 4
  • Kōmeitō : 3
  • KPY : 1
  • KDP : 1
  • Non-attached: 3

The governor of Kumamoto has been the political scientist Ikuo Kabashima since 2008, who was re-elected for a fourth term by a two-thirds majority in the gubernatorial election on March 22, 2020 with a drop in voter turnout of 45% (2016: 51%). As in 2016, the opposing candidate was Seishi Kōyama (once an LDP deputy in the prefectural parliament, then 2002-2014 mayor of the city of Kumamoto), in 2020 with support from the SPD .

In parliament with 49 members from 21 constituencies, the Liberal Democratic Party held an absolute majority with 31 seats in the regional elections in April 2019 .

In the national parliament , Kumamoto is represented by four directly elected MPs in the Chamber of Deputies and two in the Council House ; after the elections in 2016 , 2017 and 2019 all six Liberal Democrats.

The PR mascot of the prefecture administration has been Kumamon, which has become known nationwide since 2010 .

Administrative division

The Suizenji Prefectural Administration Building Complex, Kumamoto City.
Current municipalities in Kumamoto:
purple - designated city,
pink - other [district] cities,
brown - [district] cities,
cyan / turquoise - [district] villages

Since 2010 there are still 45 communities in Kumamoto: 14 [district] cities (- shi ) , of which only the capital in a special form for large cities, 23 [district] cities ( -machi / -chō ) and eight villages ( -mura ) . After the introduction of today's community forms in 1889, there were initially over 350 communities, before the great Shōwa territorial reform of the 1950s, over 300, in 2000, before the start of the great Heisei territorial reform, 94.

In the table below, the districts ( Gun , 郡) are shown in italics, underneath each (indented) the small towns ( Machi / Chō , 町) and the villages ( Mura , 村) therein. The first three digits of the code (1st column) also show a relationship between the rural district and the small town; the code always ends here with the number 'zero'. At the beginning of the table are the independent cities ( Shi , 市).

code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²)
Rōmaji Kanji 01.10.2017 1 01.10.2018 2 01/10/2015 3
43100 Kumamoto- shi 熊 本市 390.32 739.393 740.822 1897.99
43202 Yatsushiro- shi 八 代 市 681.36 123.758 127,472 187.08
43203 Hitoyoshi- shi 人 吉 市 210.55 32.191 33,880 160.91
43204 Arao -shi 荒 尾市 57.37 51,325 51,325 930.92
43205 Minamata- shi 水 俣 市 163.29 23,845 25,411 155.62
43206 Tamana- shi 玉 名 市 152.60 64,966 66,782 437.63
43208 Yamaga- shi 山 鹿 市 299.69 49,783 52.264 174.39
43210 Kikuchi- shi 菊池 市 276.85 46,707 48.167 173.98
43211 Uto -shi 宇 土 市 74.30 36,218 37,026 498.33
43212 Kamiamakusa -shi 上天 草 市 126.94 24,658 27.006 212.75
43213 Uki- shi 宇 城市 188.61 57,774 59,756 316.82
43214 Aso- shi 阿蘇 市 376.30 25,417 27,018 71.80
43215 Amakusa- shi 天 草 市 683.86 76,758 82,739 120.99
43216 Koshi- shi 合 志 市 53.19 61,531 58,370 1097.39
43340 Shimomashiki gun 下 益 城 郡 144.00 10,333 71.76
43348   Misato-machi 美 里 町 144.00 9385 10,333 71.76
43360 Tamana-gun 玉 名 郡 211.46 41,131 194.51
43364   Gyokutō-machi 玉 東 町 24.33 5042 5265 216.40
43367   Nankan-machi 南 関 町 68.92 9100 9786 141.99
43368   Nagasu-machi 長 洲 町 19.43 15,487 15,889 817.76
43369   Nagomi-machi 和 水 町 98.78 9347 10.191 103.17
43400 Kikuchi-gun 菊池 郡 136.56 74,436 545.08
43403   Ōzu-machi 大 津 町 99.10 34,571 33,452 337.56
43404   Kikuyō-machi 菊 陽 町 37.46 42,770 40,984 1094.07
43420 Aso-gun 阿蘇 郡 703.25 37,375 53.15
43423 Minamioguni-machi 南 小 国 ​​町 115.90 3781 4048 34.93
43424 Oguni-machi 小 国 町 136.94 6726 7187 52.48
43425 Ubuyama-mura 産 山村 60.81 1424 1510 24.83
43428 Takamori-machi 高 森 町 175.06 5895 6325 36.13
43432 Nishihara-mura 西 原 村 77.22 6517 6802 88.09
43433 Minamiaso-mura 南阿蘇 村 137.32 10,320 11,503 83.77
43440 Kamimashiki gun 上 益 城 郡 783.96 85,768 109.40
43441 Mifune- machi 御 船 町 99.03 16,417 17,237 174.06
43442 Kashima-machi 嘉 島 町 16.65 9371 9054 543.78
43443 Mashiki- machi 益 城 町 65.68 32,218 33,611 511.74
43444 Kōsa-machi 甲 佐 町 57.93 10.152 10,717 185.00
43447 Yamato-cho 山 都 町 544.67 13,641 15,149 27.81
43460 Yatsushiro-gun 八 代郡 33.36 11,994 359.53
43468 Hikawa-cho 氷川 町 33.36 11,278 11,994 359.53
43480 Ashikita gun 葦 北 郡 268.07 22,334 83.31
43482 Ashikita-machi 芦 北 町 234.00 16,189 17,661 75.47
43484 Tsunagi-machi 津 奈 木 町 34.07 4335 4,673 137.16
43500 Kuma-gun 球磨 郡 1326.02 54,940 41.43
43501 Nishiki-machi 錦 町 85.04 10.155 10,766 126.60
43505 Taragi-machi 多 良 木 町 165.86 9055 9791 59.03
43506 Yunomae-machi 湯 前 町 48.37 3642 3985 82.39
43507 Mizukami-mura 水上 村 190.96 2078 2232 11.69
43510 Sagara-mura 相 良 村 94.54 4168 4468 47.26
43511 Itsuki-mura 五 木村 252.92 936 1055 4.17
43512 Yamae-mura 山 江村 121.19 3241 3422 28.24
43513 Kuma-mura 球磨 村 207.58 3307 3698 17.81
43514 Asagiri-cho あ さ ぎ り 町 159.56 14,732 15,523 97.29
43520 Amakusa-gun 天 草 郡 67.58 7739 114.52
43531 Reihoku-machi 苓 北 町 67.58 7136 7739 114.52
Kumamoto Prefecture 熊 本 県 7409.49 1,765,442 1,786,170 241.07

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1 Area data from 2017
2 Estimated population 2018
3 Results of the 2015 census
Notes:

  • For the sake of readability, multi-part place and district names (double places, for differentiation prefixed province / prefecture / district names, cardinal points, etc.) and regional authority suffixes have been separated by a hyphen, the other Romanization practice is inconsistent.
  • There are several areas with an unclear course of the municipal boundaries, including the prefectural border between Kumamoto and Ōita.

Biggest places

Existing and former cities (-shi)
Census year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Kumamoto 740.822 734.474 669,603 662.012
Yatsushiro 127,472 132.266 136,886 106.141
Amakusa 82,739 89,065 —— ——
Tamana 66,782 69,541 45,341 45,648
Uki 59,756 61,878 63,089 ——
Koshi 58,370 55.002 —— ——
Arao 53,407 55,321 55,960 56,905
Yamaga 52.264 55.391 57,726 32,944
Kikuchi 48.167 50.194 51,862 27,342
Uto 37,026 37,727 38.023 37,255
Hitoyoshi 33,880 35,611 37,583 38,814
Aso 27,018 28,444 29,636 ——
Kamiamakusa 27.006 29,902 32.502 ——
Minamata 25,411 26,978 29,120 31,147
Hondo —— —— 39,944 41,090
Ushibuka —— —— 16.609 18,284

The city of Kamiamakusa was founded in 2004.
In 2005 the city of Uki was founded and the small town of Aso incorporated some communities and became a district.
In 2006 the small town of Kōshi became an independent city after the incorporation of a municipality.
The small town of Amakusa is divided into 2006 a. a. the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka and becomes a district.

Population development in the prefecture

Census population
Census
year		 Total
population		 male
population		 female
population		 Gender
ratio
men to 1000 women 		Area
in km 2 		Population
density
per km 2
1920 1,233,233 602,389 630,844 955 7437.72 165.8
1925 1,296,086 637.753 658.333 969 7437.72 174.3
1930 1,353,993 664.106 689.887 963 7437.72 182.0
1935 1,387,054 680.409 706.645 963 7437.75 186.5
1940 1,368,179 666.886 701.293 951 7437.75 184.0
1945 1,556,490 715.526 840.964 851 7437.75 209.3
1950 1,827,582 882.420 945.162 934 7385.28 247.5
1955 1,895,663 917.171 978.492 937 7371.41 257.2
1960 1,856,192 887.038 969.154 915 7371.41 251.8
1965 1,770,736 838,584 932.152 900 7376.81 240.0
1970 1,700,229 798.152 902.077 885 7383.52 230.3
1975 1,715,273 809.998 905.275 895 7398.98 231.8
1980 1,790,327 850.831 939.496 906 7406.14 241.7
1985 1,837,747 872.932 964.815 905 7407.63 248.1
1990 1,840,326 869.441 970.885 896 7400.89 248.7
1995 1,859,793 879.873 979.920 898 7402.34 251.2
2000 1,859,344 878.145 981.199 895 7403.68 251.1
2005 1,842,233 866.916 975.317 889 7404.83 248.8
2010 1,817,426 853.514 963.912 886 7404.73 245.4
2015 1,786,170 841.046 945.124 890 7409.35 241.1

Web links

Commons : Kumamoto Prefecture  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kumamoto Prefectural Parliament : Members by parliamentary group , accessed on August 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ 熊 本 県 知事 選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. March 23, 2020, accessed March 24, 2020 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Kumamoto Prefectural Parliament : MPs by constituency
  4. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 熊 本 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 平 成 29 年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017) , p. 93: 43 Kumamoto-ken (Japanese), accessed on 16 December 2018
  6. ↑ www.pref.kumamoto.jp current data from the website of the prefecture (Japanese)
  7. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on December 16, 2018
  8. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on December 16, 2018 (English)

Coordinates: 32 ° 43 '  N , 130 ° 40'  E