Municipalities in 熊本県

Municipalities in 熊本県.

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Map of municipalities in 熊本県

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Municipality list

Code Municipality Population
431001 熊本市 (クマモトシ) 730,854
432024 八代市 (ヤツシロシ) 115,453
432032 人吉市 (ヒトヨシシ) 28,803
432041 荒尾市 (アラオシ) 47,347
432059 水俣市 (ミナマタシ) 20,806
432067 玉名市 (タマナシ) 60,562
432083 山鹿市 (ヤマガシ) 45,561
432105 菊池市 (キクチシ) 44,764
432113 宇土市 (ウトシ) 34,526
432121 上天草市 (カミアマクサシ) 21,404
432130 宇城市 (ウキシ) 54,556
432148 阿蘇市 (アソシ) 22,959
432156 天草市 (アマクサシ) 68,105
432164 合志市 (コウシシ) 64,344
433489 美里町 (ミサトマチ) 8,035
433641 玉東町 (ギョクトウマチ) 4,862
433675 南関町 (ナンカンマチ) 8,045
433683 長洲町 (ナガスマチ) 14,531
433691 和水町 (ナゴミマチ) 8,477
434035 大津町 (オオヅマチ) 36,941
434043 菊陽町 (キクヨウマチ) 44,548
434230 南小国町 (ミナミオグニマチ) 3,444
434248 小国町 (オグニマチ) 5,880
434256 産山村 (ウブヤマムラ) 1,195
434281 高森町 (タカモリマチ) 5,367
434329 西原村 (ニシハラムラ) 6,852
434337 南阿蘇村 (ミナミアソムラ) 9,172
434418 御船町 (ミフネマチ) 16,574
434426 嘉島町 (カシママチ) 10,104
434434 益城町 (マシキマチ) 33,542
434442 甲佐町 (コウサマチ) 9,450
434477 山都町 (ヤマトチョウ) 11,670
434680 氷川町 (ヒカワチョウ) 9,984
434825 芦北町 (アシキタマチ) 13,880
434841 津奈木町 (ツナギマチ) 3,827
435015 錦町 (ニシキマチ) 9,617
435058 多良木町 (タラギマチ) 7,876
435066 湯前町 (ユノマエマチ) 3,254
435074 水上村 (ミズカミムラ) 1,782
435104 相良村 (サガラムラ) 3,774
435112 五木村 (イツキムラ) 810
435121 山江村 (ヤマエムラ) 2,922
435139 球磨村 (クマムラ) 2,266
435147 あさぎり町 (アサギリチョウ) 13,201
435317 苓北町 (レイホクマチ) 6,164

Tips

  • If you're not sure of the exact name, try typing the prefecture name or part of the reading instead.
  • Because the same municipality name can exist in multiple prefectures, always check the prefecture shown alongside the result.
  • The first two digits of the code identify the prefecture, so the list page groups municipalities by prefecture.
  • Wards of designated cities (such as Chuo-ku in Sapporo) are not independent local governments, so they are listed together under their parent city.
  • Population and household figures are added municipality by municipality as they become available, and show as "Not yet available" until then.

Frequently asked questions

Municipality names and codes come from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ("National Local Government Code"), and population, household, taxable income, and estimated GDP figures come from the e-Stat portal of Japanese government statistics (based on the census and Economic Census). Both are published under Japan's Standard Terms of Use 2.0 and are credited accordingly.

We reflect the latest figures published on e-Stat as they become available. For some municipalities the data has not yet been retrieved and will show as "Not yet available".

Updates follow the schedule on which the Ministry revises its official code list, so there can be a short delay right after a merger or name change.

No. Wards aren't independent local governments, so this tool lists designated cities as a single entry rather than one page per ward.
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Side Note — The story behind the National Local Government Code

Japan's six-digit "National Local Government Code", which uniquely identifies every municipality, was established in 1968 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) to make information processing more efficient. The first two digits represent the prefecture, the next three represent the municipality, and the final digit is a check digit used to catch data-entry errors.

Thanks to that check digit, mistyping even a single digit usually produces an inconsistency that can be caught immediately. Even though the scheme was designed more than half a century ago, it is still used throughout Japanese administrative systems today, including the Basic Resident Register Network.

When municipalities merge, a new code is issued and the old one is retired rather than reused. Looking through the full list of codes, you can still spot traces of the many renumberings that happened during the wave of municipal mergers in the early 2000s.

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