- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 1,586,435(March 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“鹿児島県／月報（毎月推計人口）”pref.kagoshima.jp/ac09/tokei/bunya/jinko/jinkouidoutyousa/geppou.htmlRetrieved 2021-03-31
- 1,586,435(March 1, 2021)
- Area
- 9,132.42 km²
- Head of government
- Kōichi Shiota(since 2020)
- , Yūichirō Itō(2004–2016)
- , Satoshi Mitazono(2016–2020)
- Time zone
- Website
Overview
All data
193 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Name in kana
- かごしまけん revised hepburn romanization: Kagoshima-ken
- Native label
- 鹿児島県 name in kana: かごしまけん · revised hepburn romanization: Kagoshima-ken
- Replaces
- Government of the Ryukyu Islands(December 25, 1953) applies to part: Amami Islands
- Q11573691(February 2, 1952) applies to part: Tokara Islands
- Miyazaki Prefecture(August 21, 1876)
- Miyakonojō Prefecture(January 15, 1873) applies to part: Ōsumi Province
- Satsuma Domain(1871)
- Geoshape
- Data:Japan/Kagoshima.map
- Highest point
- Mount Miyanoura elevation: 1,936 m
- Significant event
- Satsuma Rebellion
- Sakurajima 1914 eruptions
- returns of Ryukyu islands to Japanese control
- 1993 Kagoshima flood
- boundary change(December 25, 1953) gave up territory to: Government of the Ryukyu Islands · applies to part: Amami Islands
- boundary change(February 2, 1952) gave up territory to: Q11573691 · applies to part: Tokara Islands
- boundary change(February 2, 1946) gained territory from: Q11612488 · applies to part: Amami Islands, Tokara Islands
- boundary change(May 9, 1883) gained territory from: Miyazaki Prefecture
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- boundary change(August 21, 1876) gave up territory to: Miyazaki Prefecture
- boundary change(January 15, 1873) gave up territory to: Miyakonojō Prefecture · applies to part: Ōsumi Province
- boundary change(December 25, 1871) gave up territory to: Miyakonojō Prefecture · applies to part: Hyūga Province, Ōsumi Province
- boundary change
- boundary change(1872) gained territory from: Ryūkyū Domain · applies to part: Ryukyu Islands
- boundary change(December 25, 1871) gained territory from: Miyakonojō Prefecture · applies to part: Hyūga Province, Ōsumi Province
- Associated electoral district
- Kagoshima at-large district
- Kagoshima 1st district(since 1994)
- Kagoshima 2nd district(since 1994)
- Kagoshima 3rd district(since 1994)
- Kagoshima 4th district(since 1994)
- Kagoshima 5th district(1994–2017)
- Short name
- Kagoshima
- Kaqoşima prefekturası
- 鹿児島 revised hepburn romanization: Kagoshima
- Кагосима
- Кагосіма
- Кагосима
- Καγκοσίμα
- Kagoŝima
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- Кагошима
- Кагошима
- Kagosima
- Кагосима
- 鹿児島
- Kagošima
- Кагошима
- Кагошима
- Kagošima
- Кагосима
- Kagoşima
- Кагосима
- Каґошіма
- 鹿儿岛
- 鹿兒島
- 鹿儿岛
- 鹿兒島
- 鹿兒島
- 鹿兒島
- Vehicle registration plate code
- 鹿児島
- 奄美 applies to part: Amami Islands
On other databases
58 identifiers linking Kagoshima Prefecture across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID5025
- BabelNet ID01463013n
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11976045q
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDkagoshima
- CiNii Research ID1140000791777061888
- Corporate Number (Japan)8000020460001
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Kagoshima/
- Dantai code460001
- De Agostini IDKagoshima+(prefettura)
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Kagoshima-prefecture-Japan
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3bSV45
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)465001
- FAST ID1208114
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)JA18
- Freebase ID/m/01fv4z
- GeoLOD IDrgC6Gy
- GeoNames ID1860825
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)YDh5Rq
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1000993
- GND ID4308811-9
- GNS Unique Feature ID-231556
- Google Maps Customer ID10209609721482761840
- Google News topics IDCAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNREZtZGpSNkVnSnFZU2dBUAE
- HASCJP.KS
- IdRef ID171879473
- INaturalist place ID13079
- ISNI0000000404068643
- ISO 3166-2 codeJP-46
- J9U entity ID987007561910205171
- Japan Search name ID鹿児島県
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80034944
- Mindat locality ID17062
- Museum-digital place ID23844
- MusicBrainz area ID09ebc145-5447-43d5-8cfd-5b4a5576061d
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA00751590
- Namuwiki ID가고시마현
- Naver Encyclopedia ID (pre-August 2026)1054208
- NDL Authority ID00258078
- NHK ONE News topic IDE0000000374
- NicoNicoPedia word article ID鹿児島県
- NL CR AUT IDge590816
- NLA Trove people ID900222
- OHDSI ID42006876
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1842186
- OSM Name Suggestion Index ID5912c9-19d681
- Pixiv Encyclopedia ID鹿児島県
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID6257
- Quora topic IDKagoshima-Prefecture
- TasteAtlas IDkagoshima-prefecture
- Treccani IDkagoshima
- Tripadvisor ID298209
- U.S. National Archives Identifier159080937
- VIAF cluster ID259297768
- Who's on First ID85672861
- WOEID2345867
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJxWXcX3vw6XvRjMvWtkDq
- X (Twitter) usernamekagoshimakensei
- Yale LUX IDplace/f9b31396-e1e3-497a-bb94-bb4d0313742c