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Japan

Kumamoto

Compare this sourced profile of Kumamoto, Japan before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Kumamoto—738,907, Asia/Tokyo, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Kumamoto is GeoNames ID 1858421. Its recorded administrative path is Kumamoto Shi → Kumamoto → Japan, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Kumamoto occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2022-08-15; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Kumamoto ranks 747 by recorded population. Inside the 34 selected Japan entries it ranks 19; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 424. Its 738,907 population value is 0.96 times the 769,894 median for the country cohort and 0.73 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Kumamoto sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Japan entries. Kumamoto's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Kumamoto's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Kotō at 5.857 km with 543,730 recorded people; Fukuoka at 91.937 km with 1,612,392 recorded people; Kitakyūshū at 117.23 km with 940,978 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 111.373 km. Compared with Kotō, Kumamoto's recorded population is 1.36 times as large. Against Kumamoto, Kotō follows Kumamoto Shi → Kumamoto → Japan in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Kumamoto's. Against Kumamoto, Fukuoka follows Fukuoka-shi → Fukuoka → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Kumamoto's. Against Kumamoto, Kitakyūshū follows Kitakyushu-shi → Fukuoka → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Kumamoto's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 72 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Kumamoto's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the tightest tenth of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1858421, the coordinate pair 32.8059 / 130.6918, country rank 19 of 34, and neighbor GeoNames 11209896 at 5.857 km bind Kumamoto to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Kumamoto's reference point is 32.8059° north and 130.6918° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Tokyo is shared by 34 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Kumamoto's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Kumamoto's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Kumamoto's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Kumamoto, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Kumamoto · GeoNames 1858421 · Q199889
Name scope
Kumamoto · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Kumamoto Shi · Kumamoto · Japan
Coordinate signature
32.8059° N · 130.6918° E
Population snapshot
738,907 · atlas rank 747 of 1,206
Country comparison
Japan rank 19 of 34 · median 769,894 · ratio 0.96×
Regional comparison
Asia rank 424 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.73×
Time-zone cohort
Asia/Tokyo · 34 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Kumamoto · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Kotō · 5.857 km · population 543,730 · atlas rank 1,030
Second reference
Fukuoka · 91.937 km · population 1,612,392 · atlas rank 282
Third reference
Kitakyūshū · 117.23 km · population 940,978 · atlas rank 590
Neighbour geometry
Kumamoto · nearest-distance rank 72 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 111.373 km
Source dates
Kumamoto row updated 2022-08-15 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04