Amakusa District, Kumamoto

Location of Amakusa District in Kumamoto Prefecture

Amakusa (天草郡, Amakusa-gun) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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 km². The total area is 67.06 km².

Towns and villages

• Reihoku

Mergers

• On March 31, 2004 the towns of Himedo, Matsushima, Ōyano and Ryūgatake merged to form the new city of Kami-Amakusa.
• On March 27, 2006 the towns of Amakusa, Ariake, Goshoura, Itsuwa, Kawaura, Kuratake, Shinwa and Sumoto merged with the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka to form the new city of Amakusa.

Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto (capital)
Wards of Kumamoto	Chūō Higashi Kita Minami Nishi
Cities	Amakusa Arao Aso Hitoyoshi Kami-Amakusa Kikuchi Kōshi Minamata Tamana Uki Uto Yamaga Yatsushiro
Amakusa District	Reihoku
Ashikita District	Ashikita Tsunagi
Aso District	Minamioguni Oguni Takamori Minamiaso Nishihara Ubuyama
Kamimashiki District	Kashima Kōsa Mashiki Mifune Yamato
Kikuchi District	Kikuyō Ōzu
Kuma District	Asagiri Nishiki Taragi Yunomae Itsuki Kuma Mizukami Sagara Yamae
Shimomashiki District	Misato
Tamana District	Gyokutō Nagasu Nagomi Nankan
Yatsushiro District	Hikawa
List of mergers in Kumamoto Prefecture

Transport

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.

  http://www.shimatetsu.co.jp/

Ferry from Tomioka Port in northern Amakusa to Mogi/Motegi in Nagasaki Prefecture is operated by Yasuda Sangyo Kisen Co.Ltd http://kisen.yasuda-gp.net/kouro02/index.html

Coordinates: 32°30′29″N 130°02′51″E / 32.50806°N 130.04750°E / 32.50806; 130.04750