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11-866: Following the March 27, 2006 Amakusa merger the district consists of the single town of Reihoku . After the merger, the district has an estimated population of 9,105 and a density of 135.77 persons per km. The total area is 67.06 km. Ferry from Itsuwa Oniike on the north of the Amakusa Peninsular to Kuchinotsu at the southern tip of the Shimabara Peninsula is run by the Shimbara Railway Co. Services operate frequently each day. Ferry from Tomioka Port in northern Amakusa to Mogi/Motegi in Nagasaki Prefecture

22-542: A merger between the former cities of Hondo and Ushibuka , and the towns of Amakusa , Ariake , Goshoura , Itsuwa , Kawaura , Kuratake , Shinwa and Sumoto from Amakusa District . Amakusa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 26 members. Amakusa, together with the town of Reihoku contributes three members to the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics,

33-580: Is 18.2 °C (64.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,109.8 mm (83.06 in) with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 8.6 °C (47.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Amakusa was 39.6 °C (103.3 °F) on 20 August 2013; the coldest temperature ever recorded

44-555: Is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan . As of 31 August 2024 , the city had an estimated population of 72,243 in 36029 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km . The total area of the city is 683.82 km (264.02 sq mi). Amakusa covers the majority of two main islands, Kamishima (上島, "Upper Island") and Shimoshima (下島, "Lower Island") (天草諸島), and six smaller inhabited islands and numerous uninhabited islets located

55-421: Is operated by Yasuda Sangyo Kisen Co.Ltd https://web.archive.org/web/20110810174645/http://kisen.yasuda-gp.net/kouro02/index.html 32°30′29″N 130°02′51″E  /  32.50806°N 130.04750°E  / 32.50806; 130.04750 This Kumamoto Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Amakusa, Kumamoto Amakusa ( 天草市 , Amakusa-shi )

66-647: The Tokugawa shogunate and administered from the office of the Nagasaki bugyō . After the Meiji restoration , the villages of Takahama, Fukurengi, Shimoda and Oe were established in Amakusa District, Kumamoto with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On September 21, 1956, these villages merged to form the town of Amakusa. The city of Amakusa was established on March 27, 2006, from

77-650: The Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The prefecture also operates one school for the handicapped. Amakusa has no passenger railway service. The nearest train station is Misumi Station on the JR Kyushu Misumi Line in Uki City . Kawaura, Kumamoto Kawaura ( 河浦町 , Kawaura-machi ) was a town located in Amakusa District , Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan . As of 2003,

88-655: The central-west Kumamoto Prefecture, in between the Yatsushiro Sea and the East China Sea . Large parts of the city are within the borders of the Unzen-Amakusa National Park . Kumamoto Prefecture Amakusa has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heaviest from May to August. The average annual temperature in Amakusa

99-509: The city is part of the Kumamoto 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Amakusa has a rural economy dominated by agriculture and commercial fishing. Tourism also plays a major role. Amakusa Airlines is headquartered in Amakusa. Amakusa has 17 public elementary schools and 13 public junior high schools operated by the city government and four public high school operated by

110-478: The town had an estimated population of 6,047 and a density of 50.69 persons per km . The total area was 119.30 km . On March 27, 2006, Kawaura, along with the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka , and the towns of Amakusa , Ariake , Goshoura , Itsuwa , Kuratake , Shinwa and Sumoto (all from Amakusa District ), was merged to create the new city of Amakusa and no longer exists as an independent municipality . This Kumamoto Prefecture location article

121-536: Was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) on 25 January 2016. Per Japanese census data, the population of Amakusa in 2020 is 75,783 people. Amakusa has been conducting censuses since 1920. Amakusa has the distinction of being the fastest depopulating city in Japan since the last census (2005). The area of Amakusa was part of ancient Higo Province , During the Edo Period it was tenryō territory under direct control of

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