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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. 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

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(which consisted of the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki, all from Satsuma District). As of May 2017, the city has an estimated

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of 96,411 and a

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of 140 persons per km². The total area is 683.50 km². The city has regular

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services to

Kagoshima City , 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 wo ...

and

Yatsushiro is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Geography Located at the geographic center of Kyushu, Yatsushiro City is situated on the aptly named Yatsushiro Sea in between Kumamoto and Ashikita City. Climate Yatsushiro has a humid subtro ...

. The city is also home to

Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University is a private university, private women's university in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933, and it was chartered as a junior university in 1961. In 1994, it became a four-year college and adopted the p ...

, founded in 1994, which has a small population of foreign students. A major employer is the Sendai nuclear power station.

Geography

Climate

Satsumasendai has a

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(

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''Cfa'') with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heavier in summer, especially the months of June and July. The average annual temperature in Satsumasendai is . The average annual rainfall is with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Its record high is , reached on 19 August 2013, and its record low is , reached on 24 January 2016.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Satsumasendai in 2020 is 92,403 people. Satsumasendai's population has been declining slowly since the census began in 1950, although there was a brief recovery in the 1980s.

Timeline

From 1889 to 2004

* April 1, 1889 - municipal status enforcement. ** Satsuma District : the villages of Kumanojō, Takae, Nagatoshi, Hirasa, Kami-Tōgō, Shimo-Tōgō, Hiwaki and Iriki. ** Taki District : the villages of Taki and Mizuhiki. ** Minami-Isa District : the villages of Ōmura, Kuroki and Imuta. ** Koshikijima District : the villages of Kami-Koshiki Shimo-Koshiki. * March 29, 1896 - The districts of Taki, Minami-Isa and Koshikijima were merged into Satsuma District. * May 20, 1929 - The villages of Kumanojō, Hirasa and Higashi-Mizuhiki were merged to become town of Sendai. * July 1, 1933 - The village of Nishimizuhiki was renamed to Mizuhiki. * February 11, 1940 - the town of Sendai was elevated city status to become the city of Sendai. * November 10, 1940 - The village of Hiwaki was elevated to town status to become the town of Hiwaki. * October 1, 1948 - The village of Iriki was elevated to town status to become the town of Iriki. * April 1, 1951 - The village of Mizuhiki was merged into the city of Sendai. * December 1, 1952 - The village of Kami-Tōgō was elevated to town status to become the town of Tōgō. * April 1, 1955 - The villages of Ōmura, Kuroki and Imuta were merged to become the town of Kedōin. * September 30, 1956 - The villages of Takae and Nagatoshi were merged into the city of Sendai. * April 1, 1957 ** Part of Shimo-Tōgō was merged into the town of Tōgō and the village of Taki (respectively). ** Remainder of Shimo-Tōgō was merged into the city of Sendai. * January 1, 1960 - The village of Taki was elevated to town status to become the town of Taki. * April 15, 1965 - The town of Taki was merged into city of Sendai.

Satsumasendai (After 2004)

* October 12, 2004 - the city of Satsumasendai was created from the merger of the city of Sendai, Kagoshima, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the

(which consisted of the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki) (all from Satsuma District).

Festivals

* Sendai Otsunahiki * Sendai River Fireworks Festival

Neighboring municipalities

* Cities :

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 ...

, Kirishima, Izumi,

Hioki is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2010, the city had a population of 51,819

Akune is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1952. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 23,887 and a population density of 178 persons per km2. The total area is 134.30 k ...

Aira ''Aira'' is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to western and southern Europe, central and southwest Asia, plus Africa. The common name, shared with the similar related genera '' Deschampsia'' and ''Koeleria'', is hair-g ...

Ichikikushikino is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The modern city of Ichikikushikino was established on October 11, 2005, from the merger of the city of Kushikino, Kagoshima, Kushikino with the town of Ichiki, Kagoshima, Ichiki ...

* Towns :

Satsuma Satsuma may refer to: * Satsuma (fruit), a citrus fruit * ''Satsuma'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails Places Japan * Satsuma, Kagoshima, a Japanese town * Satsuma District, Kagoshima, a district in Kagoshima Prefecture * Satsuma Domain, a sou ...

Friendship cities

Changshu Changshu (; Suzhounese: /d͡ʐan¹³ ʐoʔ²³/) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangt ...

, P.R. China友好都市
- Satsumasendai City * Malu Town,

Jiading District Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. It had a population of 1,471,100 in 2010. History Historically, Jiading was a separate municipality/town, until, in 1958, becoming under the administration of Shanghai. In 1993, Jiading's designate ...

, P.R. China

Transport

Railways

Kyushu Railway Company The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...

Kyushu Shinkansen The is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed railway network. It is an extension of the San'yō Shinkansen from Honshu connecting the city of Fukuoka (Hakata Station) in the north of Japan's Kyushu Island to the city of Kagoshima ( Kagoshima-Chuo St ...

*** Sendai Station **

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km between its two ...

*** Sendai Station - Kumanojo Station - Kobanchaya Station *

Hisatsu Orange Railway is a third-sector railway company which operates Hisatsu Orange Railway Line in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures. The line follows the former part of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line that connected Yatsushiro and Sendai in Kumamoto and Kago ...

** Hisatsu Orange Railway Line *** Nishikata Station - Satsuma-Taki Station - Kusamichi Station - Kamisendai Station - Sendai Station ;Former railway line *

Japan National Railway The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

** Miyanojo Line(1924-1987) *** Sendai Station - Satsuma-Shirahama Station - Kusumoto Station - Yoshinoyama Station - Hiwaki Station - Kamihiwaki Station - Iriki Station

Roads

;Highways *

Minamikyushu Expressway is one of the Expressways of Japan from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro to Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima linking with the Kyushu Expressway. It runs through the southern half of Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, and the northern half ...

** Satsumasendai-Miyako IC ;National Highway * Route 3 * Route 267 * Route 328 * Route 504

References

External links

Satsumasendai City official website

Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau official website

Sendai Giant Tug-of-war
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