- Izumi, Kagoshima
Infobox City Japan
Name= Izumi
JapaneseName= 出水市
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Region=Kyūshū
Prefecture= Kagoshima
District=
Area_km2= 330.06
PopDate= April 2008
Population= 56,205
Density_km2= 170
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 32
LatitudeMinutes= 5
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 130
LongtitudeMinutes= 21
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree= Inumaki
Flower=Azalea
Symbol
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Toshihiko Shibuya
CityHallPostalCode= 899-0292
CityHallAddress=1-3 Midorimachi, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken
CityHallPhone= 0996-63-2111
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.izumi.kagoshima.jp/ City of Izumi]nihongo|Izumi|出水市|Izumi-shi is a city located in Kagoshima,
Japan .On
March 13 ,2006 , the towns of Noda and Takaono from Izumi District merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimatedpopulation of 56,205 and a density of 170 persons per km². The total area is 330.06 km².The city was founded on
April 1 ,1954 .Izumi City lies at the northwestern corner of Kagoshima Prefecture. It borders
Kumamoto Prefecture . Izumi as indicated by itskanji , is the point at which theKomenotsu River flows into the sea. It is famed for its some ten thousand cranes that migrate fromSiberia every year to winter in the mild climes of southern Japan.The Kyushu Shinkansen stops at Izumi Station. It takes 25 minutes to reach Kagoshima City from Izumi by shinkansen.
External links
* [http://www.city.izumi.kagoshima.jp/ Izumi official website] in Japanese
* [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/monuments/izumi/index.htm Izumi Special Attack Monument]
* [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/monuments/tokkojinja/index.htm Kamikaze Pilot Statue (Izumi Tokko Jinja)]
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