Minamata, Kumamoto - Citizendia

**Minamata**
**水俣市**
Minamata's location in Kumamoto, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kyūshū
Prefecture	Kumamoto
Physical characteristics
Area	162. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Regions of Japan are not official administrative units but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 88 km² (62. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 89 sq mi)
Population (as of May 2008)
Total	27,856
Density	171 /km² (443 /sq mi)
Location	32°13′N, 130°24′E
Symbols
Tree	Sakura
Flower	Azalea
Flag
Minamata Government Office
Mayor	Katsuaki Miyamoto
Address	〒867-8555 1-1-1, Jinnai, Minamata-shi, Kumamoto-ken
Phone number	0966-61-1603
Official website: City of Minamata

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As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 27,856 and the density of 171 persons per km². In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The total area is 162. 88 km².

Minamata environmental disaster

The city is best known as the former site of an environmental disaster caused by industrial pollution of the bay with mercury; see Minamata disease. sometimes referred to as, is a neurological syndrome caused by severe Mercury poisoning.

Sister cities

Minamata has a formal sister city agreement with Devonport in Tasmania, Australia. This was ratified in 1996.

Devonport, Australia (1996)
Liverpool, United Kingdom

External links

Minamata official website in English
Minamata official website in Japanese

Kumamoto Prefecture

Cities

Districts

See also: Towns and villages by district

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