Kinko Town

Kagoshima Prefecture · Town

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Kinko Town, in the western Osumi Peninsula, faces Kinko Bay across from the Satsuma Peninsula. Most of the town is in the Kimotsuki Mountains, and cliffs separate the coast from the inland plateaus. Waterfalls such as Urushiyama Falls and Otaki Falls dot the mountains. The evergreen broadleaf forest of Mt. Inao is a national Natural Monument.

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Population: 5,743 1,372nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −17.3% 29th in Japanfrom 6,944 in 2020
Area: 163 km² 732nd in Japan
Population density: 35 people/km² 1,390th 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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