Tokunoshima, Kagoshima
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Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
in Ōshima District
Oshima District, Kagoshima
is a district located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of the March 20, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 78,882 and a density of 84.4 persons per km²...
, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...
, Japan
Japan
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. It is located on the island of Tokunoshima
Tokunoshima
is an island in the Amami Islands of southwestern Japan. Administatively it belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture. Three towns are located on the island: Tokunoshima, Isen, and Amagi...
.
As of 2008, it has an estimated population
Population
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of 12,656 and the density
Population density
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of 121 persons per km². The total area of the city is 104.87 km².
Shigechiyo Izumi
Shigechiyo Izumi
was a Japanese centenarian who was titled the oldest living person after the death of Niwa Kawamoto, also from Japan. His case was first verfied by Guinness World Records, who titled him the oldest person ever, but Guinness have in recent years backed from their previous statement; in the Guinness...
(June 29, 1865 – February 21, 1986) is the person with the second longest recorded human lifespan in history, after Frenchwoman
France
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Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...
. He was born in Tokunoshima and died at the age of 120 years 237 days. However, Izumi's case might be false. He might had been born in 1880 and possibly died at the age of 105.
Tokunoshima Airport
Tokunoshima Airport
is an airport in Amagi, Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.Government of Japan is considering that this airport is used as a part of US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma's new address.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...
serves the city.