"Kagoshima, Japan" redirects here. For the city, see Kagoshima.
Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan
Kagoshima Prefecture
鹿児島県
Prefecture
Japanese transcription(s)
• Japanese
鹿児島県
• Rōmaji
Kagoshima-ken
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture and the active volcano Sakurajima
Flag
Symbol
Anthem: Kagoshima kenmin no uta
Country
Japan
Region
Kyushu
Island
Kyushu
Capital
Kagoshima
Subdivisions
Districts: 8, Municipalities: 43
Government
• Governor
Kōichi Shiota
Area
• Total
9,187.01 km2 (3,547.12 sq mi)
• Rank
10th
Population
(September 1, 2022)
• Total
1,564,175
• Rank
24th
• Density
170/km2 (440/sq mi)
GDP
[1]
• Total
JP¥ 5,773 billion US$ 53.0 billion (2019)
ISO 3166 code
JP-46
Website
www.pref.kagoshima.jp/foreign/english/index.html
Symbols of Japan
Bird
Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)
Flower
Miyamakirishima (Rhododendron kiusianum)
Tree
Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora)
Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県, Kagoshima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands.[2] Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,564,175 (1 September 2022) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 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, Kanoya, and Satsumasendai.[3] 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 important Japanese domains of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
^"2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府". 内閣府ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagoshima prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 447, p. 447, at Google Books.
^Nussbaum, "Kagoshima prefecture" at p. 447, p. 447, at Google Books.
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