was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Satsuma District,
Kagoshima Prefecture,
Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 4,499 and the
density
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of 54.49 persons per km
2. The total area was 82.56 km
2.
On October 12, 2004, Kedōin, along with the city of
Sendai, the towns of
Hiwaki,
Iriki and
Tōgō, and the villages of
Kamikoshiki,
Kashima,
Sato and
Shimokoshiki (all from
Satsuma District), was merged to create the city of
Satsumasendai
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The modern city of Satsumasendai was established on October 12, 2004, from the merger of the city of Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the Koshikijima Islands (whi ...
.
Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture
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