is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City,

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. As of 2004, it had a

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of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km². As of 2016, the population had increased to 255,000 people with 8,200 per km2. Its name literally means "south ward." It is bordered by the central, Hakata, Jonan, and Sawara wards of Fukuoka city, and also by the cities of Nakagawa and Kasuga. Sasabaru Station within the ward is on the JR

Kagoshima main line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojiko Station, Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it ...

. It also has three stations on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line.

External links

Minami ward website (Japanese)
Wards of Fukuoka {{Fukuoka-geo-stub