Soo City

Kagoshima Prefecture · City

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Soo City lies inland in the northern Osumi Peninsula and shares a daily living area with Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture. Livestock and field crops thrive on its Shirasu (volcanic ash) plateaus, and its autumn-winter Chinese cabbage production ranks 6th in Japan. Iwakawa Hachiman Shrine's Yagoro-don Festival, tied to the legend of the giant Yagoro-don, is well known.

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Population: 29,845 734th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.4% 431st in Japanfrom 33,310 in 2020
Area: 390 km² 297th in Japan
Population density: 77 people/km² 1,145th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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