Chiran
Chiran is a town in Kagoshima prefecture, part of Kyushu in Japan. It is now administered as part of Minamikyushu City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: STA3816, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 13,700 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Kawanabe district, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Chilanufuma”, “Chiran-chō”, and “Chiran, Kagoshima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiran Castle and Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots.
Chiran Castle
Castle
Photo: Mizushimasea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiran Castle was a Japanese castle located in the Chiran area of the city of Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1993.
Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
Museum
Photo: Fuji-s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The airbase at Chiran, Minamikyūshū, on the Satsuma Peninsula of Kagoshima, Japan, served as the departure point for hundreds of Special Attack or kamikaze sorties launched in the final months of World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chirancho-Kori.
Chiran
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan, former administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Minamikyushu Shi, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.3793° or 31° 22′ 45″ northLongitude
130.4433° or 130° 26′ 36″ eastPopulation
13,700Elevation
192 metres (630 feet)Open location code
8Q3G9CHV+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1068583409OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1864553Wikidata ID
Q994450
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Chiran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شيران”
- Azerbaijani: “Tiran”
- Belarusian: “Тыран”
- Bosnian: “Chiran”
- Catalan: “Chiran”
- Chinese: “知览町”
- Chinese: “知覽町”
- Czech: “Čiran”
- Danish: “Chiran”
- French: “Chiran”
- Georgian: “ტირანი”
- Georgian: “ჩირანი”
- German: “Chiran”
- Hebrew: “צ’יראן”
- Irish: “Chiran”
- Japanese: “知覧村”
- Japanese: “知覧町”
- Korean: “지란정”
- Macedonian: “Чиран”
- Russian: “Тиран”
- Russian: “Чиран”
- Swedish: “Chiran”
- Uzbek: “Chiran”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Chiran”. Photo: STA3816, CC BY-SA 3.0.