Minami 南区
Ward
Minami Ward
Minami Ward Office, Hamamatsu
Location of Minami-ku in Shizuoka
Minami
Coordinates: 34°40′02″N 137°45′8″E / 34.66722°N 137.75222°E / 34.66722; 137.75222
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Shizuoka
City	Hamamatsu
Area
• Total	46.84 km2 (18.09 sq mi)
Population  (December 1, 2019)
• Total	100,214
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	053-425-1111
Address	600-1 Enoshima-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-0898
Website	Minami-ku home page

Minami-ku (南区, Minami-ku) is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the south of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, and the city of Iwata and Pacific Ocean. It has the fifth largest area and the fourth largest population of the seven wards of Hamamatsu. Much of Minami-ku is still rural, with farms and rice fields.

Suzuki headquarters

Minami-ku was created on April 1, 2007, when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city").

Minami-ku is served by Takatsuka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway.

Suzuki has its headquarters in Minami-ku.^[1]

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