Kasasa [town] - Kasasa

Japanese: 笠沙[町] - かささ

This former town is located in Kawanabe County, Kagoshima Prefecture, and includes the Noma Peninsula in the southwest of the Satsuma Peninsula and the Uji Islands and Kusagaki Islands to the west. There is little flat land, agriculture is small-scale, and damage from typhoons is great. Fishing grounds have been developed in the waters off the Uji Islands, and settlement has been promoted on the Oura reclaimed land in the neighboring Oura Town (now Minamisatsuma City). Ponkan oranges are a specialty of the town, and there is a Loran station at Noma Cape. In November 2005, Minamisatsuma was incorporated as a city by merging with Kaseda City, Oura Town and Bozu Town in Kawanabe County, and Kinpo Town in Hioki County. 39.88 ^km2 . 3,819 people (2003).

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Japanese:

鹿児島県川辺(かわなべ)郡，薩摩半島南西部の野間半島と西方の宇治群島・草垣群島を含む旧町。平地に乏しく農業は零細，台風の害も大きい。宇治群島海域の漁場開発と隣接する大浦町（現・南さつま市）の大浦干拓地入植が進められた。ポンカンを特産。野間岬にロラン局がある。2005年11月，加世田市，川辺郡大浦町，坊津町，日置郡金峰町と合併し市制，南さつま市となる。39.88km²。3819人（2003）。

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