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Kagoshima

Eastern Asia

Kagoshima is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2024 the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households and a population density of about 1,100 persons per square kilometer, across a total area of 547.61 square kilometers.

Facts
Population
583,966 1
Area (sq km)
547.05 2
Founding Year
1889 2
Latitude
31.596806 degrees north 2
Longitude
130.557139 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+09:00 3
Sources
1. Kagoshima (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2.
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2. Kagoshima (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 31.596806, longitude 130.557139
  • P2046 (area)
    area 547.05 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1889
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Kagoshima - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1860827
    31.56667 130.55 P PPLA JP 18 1860823 595049 6 Asia/Tokyo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 6 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, 130.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, 130.75
31.75 130.75 Cfa
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Wikidata: Kagoshima
Wikidata Q15674, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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