Toshima十島村

Toshima-mura. The name ends in 村 (mura), the word for village.

Toshima (十島村, Toshima-mura) is a village in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 740 (2020 census), area 101.14 km².

A village (村 / son or mura) in Kagoshima 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

十島村

Reading

Toshima-mura

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Kagoshima District 鹿児島郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

740 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.1% from 756

Area

101.14 km²

Density

7 people per km²

Households

426

Under 15

19.3%

65 and over

27.6%

Foreign residents

9 (1.2%)

Code

46304 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.tokara.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Toshima shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Toshima

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

Toshima (十島村) is a village (村, mura) in Kagoshima Prefecture. A village 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 Kagoshima District (鹿児島郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Toshima?

Toshima 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 Toshima?

740 at the 2020 census, down 2.1% from 756 in 2015. The area is 101.14 km², which is 7 people per km². 426 households. 27.6% of residents are 65 or older and 19.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Toshima?

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

How is Toshima written in Japanese?

十島村, read Toshima-mura. The last character, 村 (mura), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Toshima begin?

鹿児島県鹿児島郡十島村… (Kagoshima-ken, Kagoshima-gun, Toshima-mura, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village 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.