Kimotsuki District in Kagoshima Prefecture

is a

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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 ...

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. As of the January 1, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated

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of 46,943 and a

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of 65.9 persons per km². The total area is 712.55 km².

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

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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

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and Kushira, and the town of Kihoku, from Soo District, merged into the expanded city of Kanoya. Districts in Kagoshima Prefecture {{Kagoshima-geo-stub