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Kumamoto
Kamimashiki district

Kashima

Kashima is a town located in , , . As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,203 in 4135 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 16.65 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 9,050 residents
  • Description: town in Kamimashiki district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kashima Machi” and “Kashima, Kumamoto”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Suizenji Ezu Lake Park and Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens.

Park
Photo: Kuzeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garden
Photo: Simasakon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 4 km north of Kashima.

School
Photo: Motoki-jj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a school, which is situated 3½ km north of Kashima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Mifune.

Suburb
is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the , , and also by the towns of , and Kashima. is situated 4½ km north of Kashima.

Town
is a town located in , , . As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 17,254 in 7647 households, and a population density of 170 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 99.03 km2. is situated 5 km southeast of Kashima.

Kashima

Latitude
32.7401° or 32° 44′ 24″ north
Longitude
130.7572° or 130° 45′ 26″ east
Population
9,050
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GPQR4+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281176
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1859937
Wiki­data ID
Q1184801
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kashima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاشيما”
  • Asturian: “Kashima”
  • Catalan: “Kashima”
  • Cebuano: “Kashima-machi (subdistrito sa Hapon)”
  • Cebuano: “Kashima-machi”
  • Chinese: “嘉岛町”
  • Chinese: “嘉島町”
  • Czech: “Kašima”
  • Dutch: “Kashima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاشيما”
  • French: “Kashima”
  • German: “Kaschima”
  • German: “Kashima”
  • Hungarian: “Kasima”
  • Irish: “Kashima”
  • Italian: “Kashima”
  • Japanese: “Kashima-machi”
  • Japanese: “かしままち”
  • Japanese: “カシママチ”
  • Japanese: “嘉島村”
  • Japanese: “嘉島町”
  • Korean: “가시마마치”
  • Korean: “가시마정”
  • Malay: “Kashima, Kumamoto”
  • Malay: “Kashima”
  • Persian: “کاشیما، کوماموتو”
  • Persian: “کاشیما”
  • Polish: “Kashima”
  • Portuguese: “Kashima”
  • Russian: “Касима”
  • Spanish: “Kashima”
  • Swedish: “Kashima, Kumamoto”
  • Swedish: “Kashima”
  • Tagalog: “Kashima, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Kashima”
  • Thai: “คาชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Kashima, Kumamoto”
  • Turkish: “Kashima”
  • Ukrainian: “Касіма”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kashima”. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.