is a
district
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located in
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
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.
As of the January 1, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated
population
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of 46,943 and a
density
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of 65.9 persons per km
2. The total area is 712.55 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Higashikushira
*
Kimotsuki
*
Kinkō
*
Minamiōsumi
Mergers
*On March 22, 2005 the towns of
Ōnejime and
Tashiro merged into the town of
Kinkō.
*On March 31, 2005 the towns of
Nejime and
Sata
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merged into the town of
Minamiōsumi.
*On July 1, 2005 the towns of
Kōyama and
Uchinoura merged into the town of
Kimotsuki.
*On January 1, 2006 the towns of
Aira
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The common name, shared with the similar related genera '' Deschampsia'' and ''Koeleria'', is hair-g ...
and
Kushira, and the town of
Kihoku, from
Soo District, merged into the expanded city of
Kanoya.
Districts in Kagoshima Prefecture
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