Nankan Town

Kumamoto Prefecture · Town

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Nankan Town, at the northwestern tip of Kumamoto Prefecture, borders Fukuoka Prefecture. Its name comes from an ancient checkpoint (seki), which also appears in The Tale of the Heike. In the Edo period it prospered as a post town (a stop for travelers) on the Buzen Kaido road. Nankan age, thin fried tofu baked and dried, is a specialty.

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Population: 8,068 1,248th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.1% 469th in Japanfrom 8,979 in 2020
Area: 69.18 km² 1,153rd in Japan
Population density: 117 people/km² 1,001st in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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