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Japan

Kagoshima

Compare this sourced profile of Kagoshima, Japan before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Kagoshima—595,049, Asia/Tokyo, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: capital city of Kagoshima prefecture.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Kagoshima is GeoNames ID 1860827. Its recorded administrative path is Kagoshima Shi → Kagoshima → Japan, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Kagoshima occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2022-08-15; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Kagoshima ranks 941 by recorded population. Inside the 34 selected Japan entries it ranks 25; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 510. Its 595,049 population value is 0.77 times the 769,894 median for the country cohort and 0.59 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Kagoshima sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Japan entries. Kagoshima's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Kagoshima's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Kotō at 136.005 km with 543,730 recorded people; Kumamoto at 138.44 km with 738,907 recorded people; Fukuoka at 226.441 km with 1,612,392 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 90.436 km. Compared with Kotō, Kagoshima's recorded population is 1.09 times as large. Against Kagoshima, Kotō follows Kumamoto Shi → Kumamoto → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Kagoshima's. Against Kagoshima, Kumamoto follows Kumamoto Shi → Kumamoto → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Kagoshima's. Against Kagoshima, Fukuoka follows Fukuoka-shi → Fukuoka → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Kagoshima's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 838 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Kagoshima's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1860827, the coordinate pair 31.5667 / 130.5500, country rank 25 of 34, and neighbor GeoNames 11209896 at 136.005 km bind Kagoshima to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Kagoshima's reference point is 31.5667° north and 130.5500° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Tokyo is shared by 34 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Kagoshima's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Kagoshima's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Kagoshima's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Kagoshima, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Kagoshima · GeoNames 1860827 · Q15674
Name scope
Kagoshima · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Kagoshima Shi · Kagoshima · Japan
Coordinate signature
31.5667° N · 130.5500° E
Population snapshot
595,049 · atlas rank 941 of 1,206
Country comparison
Japan rank 25 of 34 · median 769,894 · ratio 0.77×
Regional comparison
Asia rank 510 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.59×
Time-zone cohort
Asia/Tokyo · 34 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Kagoshima · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Kotō · 136.005 km · population 543,730 · atlas rank 1,030
Second reference
Kumamoto · 138.44 km · population 738,907 · atlas rank 747
Third reference
Fukuoka · 226.441 km · population 1,612,392 · atlas rank 282
Neighbour geometry
Kagoshima · nearest-distance rank 838 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 90.436 km
Source dates
Kagoshima row updated 2022-08-15 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04