Minamisanriku Chō
Located in Motoyoshi Gun, Miyagi Coordinates: 38°41′05″ N 141°27′07″ E
- Population
- 14,683
- 14.7K
- Elevation
- 45 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Places inside
- 1
- listed under Minamisanriku Chō
- Airports
- SDJ Sendai Airport76 km
- HNA Iwate Hanamaki Airport87 km
About Minamisanriku Chō
Minamisanriku Chō is a municipality. Location: Motoyoshi Gun, Miyagi. Population: 14,683. Elevation: 45 m.
Minamisanriku (南三陸町, Minamisanriku-chō) is a town in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2020, it had an estimated population of 12,516, and a population density of 77 persons per km2 in 4504 households. The total area of the town is 163.40 square kilometres (63.09 sq mi). It is a resort town on a coastline of wooded islands and mountainous inlets, large sections of which suffered from damage due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
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Places bordering Minamisanriku Chō
- Ishinomaki
- Tome Shi
- Kesennuma
Twin towns and sister cities of Minamisanriku Chō
- Shōnai Machi· Japan
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Minamisanriku Chō over time
| 2010 | 17,429 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12,370 | |
| 2021 | 10,896 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Minamisanriku Chō
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–July, September.
This month · November
Outside the best season
Day 13° · Night 4° · Rain 74 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 27°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- September (172 mm)
- Driest month
- January (43 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 4° | 7° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | -1° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 20° | 16° | 10° | 4° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 43 | 53 | 74 | 107 | 115 | 131 | 153 | 149 | 172 | 123 | 74 | 45 |
How to get to Minamisanriku Chō
The nearest airport is Sendai Airport (SDJ), 76 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Ishinomaki, 33 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Sendai Airport (SDJ) Natori 76 kmsouthwest
- Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA) Hanamaki 87 kmnorth
- Yamagata Airport (GAJ) Higashine 99 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Ishinomaki Population: 140.2K 33 kmsouthwest
- Ichinoseki Population: 114.5K 38 kmnorthwest
- Ōsaki Population: 128.8K 43 kmwest
- Ōshū Population: 112.9K 56 kmnorthwest
- Sendai Population: 1.1M 69 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Minamisanriku Chō
Within 100 km: 3 historic and cultural sites, 4 natural sites, 17 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km2 places
- Kitakami River River 12 kmS
- Kitakami-gawa River 11 kmS
25–60 km12 places
- Miyago Jima Island 47 kmSW
- Tashiro Jima Island 43 kmS
- Tsuki Shima Island 45 kmSW
- Zuigan Ji Attraction 49 kmSW
60–100 km10 places
- Waga River River 71 kmNW
- Mount Funagata Mountain 77 kmW
- Abukuma River River 84 kmSW
- Hayachine Mountain 98 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Places in Minamisanriku Chō
1 placeBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Kitakami-gawa River, Japan11 km S
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Kitakami River River, Japan12 km S
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources