Kimotsuki, Kagoshima
Encyclopedia
is a town
located in Kimotsuki District
, Kagoshima
, Japan
.
The town was formed on July 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Kōyama
and Uchinoura
, both from Kimotsuki District
.
As of August 2011, the town has an estimated population
of 17,466. The total area is 308.12km².
The Uchinoura Space Center
is located in this town.
Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
located in Kimotsuki District
Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima
Kimotsuki is a district located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of the January 1, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 46,943 and a density of 65.9 persons per km²...
, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
The town was formed on July 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Kōyama
Koyama, Kagoshima
was a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Japan.On July 1, 2005 Kōyama was merged with the town of Uchinoura, also from Kimotsuki District, to form the new town of Kimotsuki....
and Uchinoura
Uchinoura, Kagoshima
was a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Japan.On July 1, 2005 Uchinoura was merged with the town of Kōyama, also from Kimotsuki District, to form the new town of Kimotsuki....
, both from Kimotsuki District
Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima
Kimotsuki is a district located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of the January 1, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 46,943 and a density of 65.9 persons per km²...
.
As of August 2011, the town has an estimated population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 17,466. The total area is 308.12km².
The Uchinoura Space Center
Uchinoura Space Center
The is a space launch facility close to the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, in Kagoshima Prefecture. Before the establishment of the JAXA space agency in 2003, it was simply called the . All Japan's scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch vehicles being decommissioned...
is located in this town.