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Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of October 1, 2008, the district has an estimated Population of 1,087 and a Density of 8.19 persons/km². The total area is 132.71 km². The district has two villages and both of them were islands within Oshima District. The district once located on the mainland is now entirely merged into the city of

Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...

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Mishima Mishima may refer to: Places * Mishima, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture * Mishima, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture * Mishima, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture * Mishima, Shizuoka, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan ...

Toshima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku, a ...

District timeline

*April 1, 1889 **Due to the city status enforcement, the city of

was formed. **Due to the towns and village status enforcement, the villages of Yoshida, Yoshino, Ishiki, Nishitakeda, and　Nakagōriu were formed within the district. (5 villages) *April 1, 1897 - The district absorbed Kitaosumi and

Taniyama is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kishō Taniyama (born 1975), Japanese voice actor *Yutaka Taniyama (1927–1958), Japanese mathematician Fictional characters: * Mai Taniyama, fictional character in ''Ghost Hunt'' ...

Districts and added the villages of Nishisakurajima, Higashisakurajima, and Taniyama. (8 villages) *September 1, 1924 - The village of Taniyama gained town status to become the town of Taniyama. (1 town, 7 villages) *August 1, 1934 - The villages of Yoshino, Nishitakeda, and Nakagōriu merged into the city of Kagoshima. (1 town, 4 villages) *October 1, 1950 - The villages of Higashisakurajima and Ishiki were merged into the city of Kagoshima. (1 town, 2 villages) *October 1, 1958 - The town of Taniyama gained city status to become the city of

. (2 villages) *November 1, 1972 - The village of Yoshida gained town status to become the town of Yoshida. (1 town, 1 villages) *April 1, 1973 - The district acquired the villages of

and

from Ōshima District. (1 town, 3 villages) *May 1, 1973 - The village of Nishisakurajima gained town status and renamed to become the town of

Sakurajima Sakurajima ( ja, 桜島, literally "Cherry Blossom Island") is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsul ...

. (2 towns, 2 villages) *November 1, 2004 - The towns of Yoshida and Sakurajima merged into the city of

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