Chiran
Chiran is a town in Kagoshima prefecture, part of Kyushu in Japan. It is now administered as part of Minamikyushu City.
- Type: Suburb with 13,700 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Kawanabe district, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Chilanufuma”, “Chiran-chō”, “Chiran, Kagoshima”, “ტირანი”, and “知覧村”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chiran Castle and Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots.
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
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Latitude
31.3793° or 31° 22′ 45″ north
Longitude
130.4433° or 130° 26′ 36″ east
Population
13,700
Elevation
192 metres (630 feet)
Open location code
8Q3G9CHV+P8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “知覽町”
- Chinese: “知览町”
- Czech: “Čiran”
- Danish: “Chiran”
- French: “Chiran”
- Georgian: “ჩირანი”
- German: “Chiran”
- Hebrew: “צ’יראן”
- Irish: “Chiran”
- Japanese: “知覧町”
- Korean: “지란정”
- Macedonian: “Чиран”
- Persian: “چیران”
- Russian: “Тиран”
- Swedish: “Chiran”
- Uzbek: “Chiran”
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