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270px, Ruins of Hara Castle
is a
city
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in
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...
, Japan. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 41,028 in 18378 households, and a
population density
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of 240 people per km
2.
The total area of the city is .
Geography
Minamishimabara is located about 60 km southeast of Nagasaki City (by land), and covers the area from the southeastern to southern tip of the
Shimabara Peninsula
The is a peninsula located in Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The peninsula incorporates the cities of Shimabara, Minamishimabara, and Unzen.
The northern, eastern, and southeastern coasts of the peninsula face the Ariake ...
. It borders Unzen City to the northwest and Shimabara City to the northeast. The western part of the city faces the
Amakusa Sea, and the eastern and southern parts face the
Ariake Sea
The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50 meters (165 ft) deep, and ext ...
(Shimabara Bay), and the urban areas are concentrated in this area. The northern part of the city limits is in the center of the Shimabara Peninsula, and is a mountainous area that constitutes a part of
Mount Unzen
is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.
In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsuna ...
.
Neighbouring municipalities
Nagasaki
, officially , is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Portuguese_Nagasaki, Nagasaki became the sole Nanban trade, port used for tr ...
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Shimabara
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Unzen
Climate
Minamishimabara has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
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:''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Minamishimabara is . The average annual rainfall is with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
Its record high is , reached on 7 August 2009, and its record low is , reached on 25 January 2016.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Minamishimabara in 2020 is 42,330 people.
[ Minamishimabara has been conducting censuses since 1920. Minamishimabara's population peaked in 1945 and has since declined; the city's population in 2020 is only 50% of its 1945 population.
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History
The area of Minamishimabara was part of ancient Hizen Province
was an old provinces of Japan, old province of Japan in the area of the Saga Prefecture, Saga and Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called , with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen Province, Ch ...
. The area was under the control of the , who ruled from Hinoe Castle in the Muromachi period">Hinoe Castle">DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5- ...
, who ruled from Hinoe Castle in the Muromachi period. The area was the site of considerable foreign trade and Portuguese and Spanish missionary activity, and by the early Edo period, a large percentage of the population were ''Kirishitan''. After the start of the sakoku, national isolation policy, the Tokugawa shogunate banned Christianity from 1614 and replaced Arima Naozumi with
Matsukura Shigemasa, who relocated the capital of
Shimabara Domain to
Shimabara Castle is what is now the city of
Shimabara. Due to misgovernment, high taxes and persecution of Christianity, the population rose in the
Shimabara Rebellion
The , also known as the or , was an rebellion, uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan from 17 December 1637 to 15 April 1638.
Matsukura Katsuie, the ''daimyō'' of the Shimabara Domain, enforced unpo ...
of 1637, with the peasants occupying the fortress of
Hara Castle as their strongpoint. The rebellion was suppressed with extreme severity by the shogunate, and the area of Minamishimabara was ruled by a branch of the
Matsudaira clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the ...
from 1668 to 1774 and from 1774 to 1871.
After the
Meiji restoration
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, the villages of Katsusa, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima, Kita-Arima, Nishi-Arika, Higashi-Arima, Dozaki, Nutsu, and Fukae were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Higashi-Arima was raised to town status on January 1, 1927 and renamed Arima. Nishi-Arima was raised to town status on April 1, 1927, followed by Kazusa on January 1m 1928, Kutsunotsu on April 1, 1928, and Minami-Arima on January 1, 1932. Arie and Dozaki merged to form the town of Arie on September 30, 1956, On May 3, 1962 Fukae was raised to town status, followed by Kita-Arima and Futsu on April 1, 1969.
The city of Minamishimabara was founded on March 31, 2006, from the merger of the towns of
Arie
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As a Dutch name, Arie
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* (1903–1982), Dutch composer
* Arie van Beek (born 1951), Dutch music teacher and conductor
*Arie B ...
,
Fukae,
Futsu,
Kazusa,
Kitaarima,
Kuchinotsu,
Minamiarima and
Nishiarie (all from
Minamitakaki District). Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Government
Minamishimabara has a
mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral
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city council of 19 members. Minamishimabara contributes two members to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the
Nagasaki 2nd district of the
lower house
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of the
Diet of Japan
, transcription_name = ''Kokkai''
, legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet
, coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg
, house_type = Bicameral
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.
Economy
Minamishimabara has a mixed economy centering on agriculture, commercial fishing and tourism.
Education
Minamishimbara has 13 public elementary schools and eight public junior high schools by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Nagasaki Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railways
Shimabara no longer has any passenger railway service. The nearest train station is on the
Shimabara Railway Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Isahaya Station, Isahaya and Shimabarakō. The line parallels the coast of Shimabara Peninsula, Nagasaki Prefecture. The third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway owns the line and also operate ...
in neighboring Shimabara. However, until 2008, the line extended an additional 21.5 kilometers, serving 18 stations within Minamishimabara.
Highways
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Sister cities
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Luoyuan County
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,
Fujian
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, China, friendship city since 1997.
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Chieti
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Abruzzo
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, Italy, friendship city since 2016
Local attractions
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Amakusa Shiro grave
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Hara Castle ruins, National Historic Site
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Hinoe Castle
The was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Kita-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.
Overview
Hinoe Castle is l ...
ruins, National Historic Site
Notable people from Minamishimabara
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Seibo Kitamura, sculptor
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Fumio Kyūma
is a Japanese politician who was a member of the Diet of Japan between 1980 and 2009. Kyuma graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1964 and worked for the Ministry of Agriculture. He was elected to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly in 1971 s ...
, politician
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