Place:Kagoshima, Japan

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NameKagoshima
Alt namesKagoshimasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Times Atlas of the World (1994) Plate 20
Kagoshima-kensource: Wikipedia
TypePrefecture
Coordinates30.0°N 130.0°E
Located inJapan
Contained Places
District
Aira
Hioki
Ibusuki
Isa
Izumi
Kagoshima
Kawanabe
Kimotsuki
Satsuma
Soo
Inhabited place
Akune
Ei
Kanoya
Kaseda
Kushikino
Makurazaki
Naze
Nishinoomote
Noda
Okuchi
Satsumasendai
Sendai
Setouchi
Shibushi
Tarumizu
Municipality
Kaimon
Yamagawa
Unknown
Hioki-gun
Ishigaki-shi
Kokubu-shi
Nase-shi
Naze-shi
Nishinoomote-shi
Satsuma-gun
Yaeyama-gun
Ōshima-gun
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.

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History

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Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Ōsumi and Satsuma, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. This region played a key role in the Meiji Restoration (Saigo Takamori), and the city of Kagoshima was an important naval base during Japan's 20th century wars and the home of admiral Tōgō Heihachirō. More recent incidents are the sinking of a North Korean spy ship (100 ton class) in 2001 by the coast guard, which was later salvaged and exhibited in Tokyo, and the abduction of an office clerk from a Kagoshima beach in 1978 by agents from the same country. This became known only recently under the Koizumi administration.

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