Kinpo [town] - Kinpo

Japanese: 金峰[町] - きんぽう

A former town in Hioki District, in the western part of the Satsuma Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is an advanced agricultural region in the southern part of the peninsula, with rice cultivation in the lowlands, vegetable cultivation such as shallots and white leeks on the sand dunes of Fukiagehama, and sweet potatoes and tobacco on the plateau. Livestock farming is also carried out. In November 2005, it merged with Kaseda City, and the towns of Kasasa, Oura, and Bozu in Kawabe District to become a city, Minamisatsuma. 72.25 ^km2 . Population 8,149 (2003).

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Japanese:

鹿児島県薩摩半島西部，日置郡の旧町。半島南部の先進農業地域で，低地での米作，吹上浜砂丘でのラッキョウ，白ネギなどの野菜栽培，台地上でのサツマイモ・葉タバコ栽培が盛ん。畜産も営む。2005年11月，加世田市，川辺郡笠沙町，大浦町，坊津町と合併し市制，南さつま市となる。72.25km²。8149人（2003）。

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