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Iriki, Kagoshima
was a town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,250 and the density of 86.35 persons per km2. The total area was 72.38 km2. On October 12, 2004, Iriki, along with the city of Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan. ..., the towns of Hiwaki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki (all from Satsuma District), was merged to create the city of Satsumasendai. References Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai, Kagoshima {{Kagoshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of Japan, village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a Districts of Japan, district. The same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a Wards of Japan, ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * List of villages in Japan * List of cities in Japan * Japanese addressing system References External links "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40 /nowiki>] {{Asia topic, List of towns in Towns in Japan, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satsuma District, Kagoshima
is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of the March 22, 2005 merger the district consists of the single town of Satsuma. Mergers *On October 12, 2004 the old city of Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki merged to form the new city of Satsumasendai, dramatically decreasing the size and population of the district to 26,587 people and 303.43 km2, making a density of 87.62 persons per km2. *On March 22, 2005 the towns of 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 ... (薩摩町), Miyanojō and Tsuruda merged to form the new town of Satsuma (さつま町). References Districts in Kagoshima Prefecture {{Kagoshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square mile, sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto Prefecture to the north and Miyazaki Prefecture to the northeast. Kagoshima is the capital and largest city of Kagoshima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kirishima, Kagoshima, Kirishima, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Kanoya, and Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Satsumasendai. Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southernmost point of Kyūshū and includes the Satsunan Islands group of the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture's mainland territory extends from the Ariake Sea to Shibushi Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast, and is characterized by two large peninsulas created by Kagoshima Bay. Kagoshima Prefecture formed the core of the Satsuma Domain, ruled from Kagoshima Castle, one of the most imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sendai, Kagoshima
290px, Satsumasendai City Hall is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 90,918 in 46610 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . History Satsumasendai is part of ancient Satsuma Province and is the location of the Nara period Satsuma Kokubun-ji and the provincial capital of Satsuma Province. It was part of the holdings of Satsuma Domain in the Edo period. From 1889 to 2004 * April 1, 1889 - Creation of the modern municipalities system ** 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiwaki, Kagoshima
was a town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,780 and the density of 121.22 persons per km2. The total area was 64.18 km2. On October 12, 2004, Hiwaki, along with the city of Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan. ..., the towns of Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki (all from Satsuma District), was merged to create the city of Satsumasendai. References Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai, Kagoshima {{Kagoshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kedōin, Kagoshima
was a town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,499 and the density of 54.49 persons per km2. The total area was 82.56 km2. On October 12, 2004, Kedōin, along with the city of Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan. ..., 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. References Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai, Kagoshima {{Kagoshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōgō, Kagoshima
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,987 and a population density, density of 74.70 persons per km2. The total area was 80.15 km2. On October 12, 2004, Tōgō, along with the city of Sendai, Kagoshima, Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Kagoshima, Hiwaki, Iriki, Kagoshima, Iriki and Kedōin, Kagoshima, Kedōin, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kagoshima, Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Kagoshima, Kashima, Sato, Kagoshima, Sato and Shimokoshiki, Kagoshima, Shimokoshiki (all from Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Satsuma District), was merged to create the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Satsumasendai.鹿児島県. "鹿児島県の市町村合併状況". 鹿児島県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-08/ref> Timeline * 1889 - The village of Kami-Tōgō consisted of 6 neighborhoods (north to south): , , , , and . * 1952 - The village of Kami-Tōgō beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamikoshiki, Kagoshima
was a village located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,900 and the density of 54.10 persons per km2. The total area was 35.12 km2. On October 12, 2004, Kamikoshiki, along with the city of Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan. ..., the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the villages of Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki (all from Satsuma District), was merged to create the city of Satsumasendai. References Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai, Kagoshima {{Kagoshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashima, Kagoshima
Kashima () was a village located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 838, with a population density of 96.54 persons per km². The total area was 8.68 km². On October 12, 2004, Kashima merged with the city of Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin, and Tōgō, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Sato, and Shimokoshiki (all from Satsuma District) to form the city of Satsumasendai. History Kashima was historically part of Satsuma Province, a domain governed by the powerful Shimazu clan. The Satsuma Domain played a key role in the Meiji Restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ..., significantly influencing Japan's transition from feudal rule to the modern era. Geography Locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
