Kagoshima

Kagoshima, is the capital city of , Japan. 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. The total area of the city is 547.61 km2.
  • City with about 594,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KOJ
  • …is also known as “Kagoshimashi”
  • Description: capital city of Kagoshima prefecture
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kagoshima-Chūō Station and Museum of the Meiji Restoration.
Railway station
is a major railway station in the city of Kagoshima, Japan.
The is a history museum in Kagoshima, Japan.
was an Edo period flatland-style…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murasakibaru and Shimo-arata.
Quarter
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Latitude
31.5968° or 31° 35′ 49″ north
Longitude
130.5572° or 130° 33′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP KOJ and JP ENN
Open location code
8Q3GHHW4+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kagoshima” goes by many names.
كاغوشيماArabic
كاغوشيما، كاغوشيماArabic
KagoshimaAragonese
ԿագոշիմաArmenian
ԿոգոշիմաArmenian
KagoshimaAsturian
KaqoşimaAzerbaijani
Kagoshima, KagoshimaBalinese
KagoshimaBasque
KagoshimaBavarian
КагосімаBelarusian
কাগোশিমাBengali
КагошимаBulgarian
KagoshimaCatalan
Kagoshima ShiCebuano
Kagoshima-shi (kapital sa prepektura sa Hapon)Cebuano
КагосимаChechen
Кагосима (гӀала)Chechen
鹿儿岛市Chinese
鹿兒島Chinese
鹿兒島市Chinese
KagoshimaCroatian
KagošimaCroatian
KagošimaCzech
KagoshimaDanish
KagoshimaDutch
كاجوشيماEgyptian Arabic
KagoŝimoEsperanto
KagoshimaEstonian
KagoshimaFaroese
KagoshimaFinnish
KagoshimaGalician
კაგოსიმაGeorgian
კაგოსიმა (ქალაქი)Georgian
ΚαγκοσίμαGreek
કાગોશિમાGujarati
KagoshimaHawaiian
קגושימהHebrew
कागोशिमाHindi
KagosimaHungarian
KagoshimaIcelandic
KagoshimaIdo
KagoshimaIndonesian
Kagoshima, KagoshimaIndonesian
KagoshimaIrish
KagoshimaItalian
Kagoshima-shiJapanese
かごしまJapanese
カゴシマJapanese
かごしましJapanese
カゴシマシJapanese
鹿児島Japanese
鹿児島市Japanese
ಕಗೊಶಿಮಾKannada
КагосимаKirghiz
КагошимаKirghiz
가고시마 시Korean
KagošimaLatvian
鹿兒島市Literary Chinese
KagošimaLithuanian
KagoshimaMacedo-Romanian
KagoshimaMalagasy
KagoshimaMalay
कागोशिमाMarathi
کاگوشیماMazanderani
Kagosima-chhīMin Nan Chinese
KagoshimaNauru
KagoshimaNorthern Frisian
KagoshimaNorwegian
KagoshimaNorwegian Bokmål
KagoshimaNorwegian Nynorsk
KagoshimaOccitan (post 1500)
КагосимæOssetian
کاگوشیماPersian
KagoshimaPiemontese
KagoshimaPolish
ΚαγκοσίμαPontic
KagoshimaRomanian
КагосимаRussian
КагошимаRussian
KagoshimaSardinian
KagoshimaScots
КагошимаSerbian
KagoshimaSerbo-Croatian
KagosimaSerbo-Croatian
ڪاگوشيماSindhi
කගොශිමාSinhala
KagoshimaSlovenian
KagošimaSlovenian
کاقوشیماSouth Azerbaijani
KagoshimaSwahili
Kagoshima, KagoshimaSwahili
KagoshimaSwedish
KagoshimaTagalog
Lungsod ng KagoshimaTagalog
КагошимаTajik
ககோஷிமாTamil
КагосимаTatar
КагочимаTatar
కాగోషిమాTelugu
คาโงชิมะThai
KagoshimaTumbuka
KagoshimaTurkish
KagoşimaTurkish
КагосімаUkrainian
КагошімаUkrainian
КаґошімаUkrainian
کاگوشیماUrdu
KagosimaUzbek
KagoshimaVenetian
KagoshimaVietnamese
KagoshimaWaray (Philippines)
KagoshimaWelsh
鹿儿岛市Wu Chinese
鹿兒島市Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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