en Minami-ku, Okayama

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:南区 (岡山市)]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|南区 (岡山市)}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Minami-ku, Okayama" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Minami 南区
Ward of Okayama
南区• Minami-ku
Ward office of Minami-ku
Location of Minami-ku in Okayama
Minami
Coordinates: 34°32′38″N 133°51′55″E / 34.54389°N 133.86528°E / 34.54389; 133.86528
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Okayama
City	Okayama
Area
• Total	127.36 km² (49.17 sq mi)
Population
• Total	165,193
• Density	1,297/km² (3,360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Address	207 Kataoka, Minami-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture 709-1292
Website	Official website of Minami-ku

Minami-ku (南区) is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.^[1] The ward has an area of 127.36 km² and a population of 165,193. The population density is 1,297 per km². The name means "South Ward."

The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009.