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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 m ...

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 ...

. As of 2020, the district has a population of 1,145. The total area is 132.71 km². The district has two villages and both of them were islands within Oshima District. The district once located on the mainland is now entirely merged into the city of

Kagoshima , is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Etymology While the ...

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Mishima Mishima may refer to: Places * Mishima, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture * Mishima, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture * Mishima, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture * Mishima, Shizuoka, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japa ...

Toshima is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and N ...

District timeline

*April 1, 1889 **Due to the city status enforcement, the city of

was formed. **Due to the towns and village status enforcement, the villages of Yoshida, Yoshino, Ishiki, Nishitakeda, and　Nakagōriu were formed within the district. (5 villages) *April 1, 1897 – The district absorbed Kitaosumi and Taniyama Districts and added the villages of Nishisakurajima, Higashisakurajima, and Taniyama. (8 villages) *September 1, 1924 – The village of Taniyama gained town status to become the town of Taniyama. (1 town, 7 villages) *August 1, 1934 – The villages of Yoshino, Nishitakeda, and Nakagōriu merged into the city of Kagoshima. (1 town, 4 villages) *October 1, 1950 – The villages of Higashisakurajima and Ishiki were merged into the city of Kagoshima. (1 town, 2 villages) *October 1, 1958 – The town of Taniyama gained city status to become the city of Taniyama. (2 villages) *November 1, 1972 – The village of Yoshida gained town status to become the town of Yoshida. (1 town, 1 villages) *April 1, 1973 – The district acquired the villages of

and

from Ōshima District. (1 town, 3 villages) *May 1, 1973 – The village of Nishisakurajima gained town status and renamed to become the town of

Sakurajima Sakurajima (, ) is an active composite volcano, stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. It is the most active vo ...

. (2 towns, 2 villages) *November 1, 2004 – The towns of Yoshida and Sakurajima merged into the city of

. (2 villages)

References

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