Member Login
Username:Password:
or Sign up here
Discover

SATSUMASENDAI, KAGOSHIMA


Map showing location of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture (as of 2006).

Photograph of Sendai City.

is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.
As of May 1, 2006, the city had an estimated population of 103,478 in a total area of 683.50 km².
The city has regular Shinkansen services to Kagoshima city and Yatsushiro, Kumamoto.
The city is also home to Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University, founded in 1994, which has a small population of foreign students.
A major employer is the Sendai nuclear power station.

Contents
Timeline
External links

Timeline



October 12, 2004 - The city was established when the city of Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedoin and Togo, and Koshikijima Islands (which consisted of Sato, Kamikoshiki, Shimokoshiki, and Kashima villages) merged to form one new city.

External links



Satsumasendai official website in Japanese

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.