Tatsugo龍郷町

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

Tatsugo (龍郷町, Tatsugo-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 5,817 (2020 census), area 81.82 km². Borders 1 place.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Oshima 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

龍郷町

Reading

Tatsugo-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Oshima District 大島郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

5,817 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.2% from 5,806

Area

81.82 km²

Density

71 people per km²

Households

2,561

Under 15

15.8%

65 and over

32.8%

Foreign residents

17 (0.3%)

Code

46527 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.tatsugo.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Tatsugo. Borders across water are not counted.

• Amami City奄美市

Questions about Tatsugo

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

Tatsugo (龍郷町) 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 Oshima District (大島郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Tatsugo?

Tatsugo 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 Tatsugo?

5,817 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 5,806 in 2015. The area is 81.82 km², which is 71 people per km². 2,561 households. 32.8% of residents are 65 or older and 15.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tatsugo?

One: Amami City (奄美市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tatsugo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tatsugo written in Japanese?

龍郷町, read Tatsugo-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 Tatsugo begin?

鹿児島県大島郡龍郷町… (Kagoshima-ken, Oshima-gun, Tatsugo-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.