Nagashima長島町

Nagashima-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Nagashima (長島町, Nagashima-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 9,705 (2020 census), area 116.19 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Izumi District, Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

長島町

Reading

Nagashima-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Izumi District 出水郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

9,705 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-7.0% from 10,431

Area

116.19 km²

Density

84 people per km²

Households

3,981

Under 15

14.3%

65 and over

36.6%

Foreign residents

78 (0.8%)

Code

46404 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.nagashima.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Nagashima shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Nagashima

Is Nagashima a city, a town, or a village?

Nagashima (長島町) is a town (町, cho) in Kagoshima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Izumi District (出水郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Nagashima?

Nagashima is in Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Nagashima?

9,705 at the 2020 census, down 7.0% from 10,431 in 2015. The area is 116.19 km², which is 84 people per km². 3,981 households. 36.6% of residents are 65 or older and 14.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Nagashima?

None. Nagashima shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Nagashima written in Japanese?

長島町, read Nagashima-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Nagashima begin?

鹿児島県出水郡長島町… (Kagoshima-ken, Izumi-gun, Nagashima-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.