Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan
🇯🇵 Minamitane is a town located on Tanegashima, in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The headquarters of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are located at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane.
History Minamitane Village was established on April 1, 1889. In 1879, a government office (役場) was established in the village of Shimama (島間村), also overseeing the villages of Nishino (西之村) and Sakai (坂井村), while another government office was established in Kukinaga (茎永村), also covering the villages of Hirayama (平山村) and Nakano (中之村). These former villages were then merged to form Minamitane Village. Minamitane was upgraded to town status on October 15, 1956.
Geography Minamitane is located on the southern end of Tanegashima, bordered by the East China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east, and the town of Nakatane to the north.
Transportation Highway • Japan National Route 58
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🇺🇸 Fort Walton Beach 30.417
Locations Near: Minamitane 130.9,30.3833
🇯🇵 Kanoya 130.847,31.382 d: 111.1
🇯🇵 Kagoshima 130.55,31.6 d: 139.3
🇯🇵 Nichinan 131.392,31.588 d: 141.9
🇯🇵 Miyakonojō 131.079,31.809 d: 159.5
🇯🇵 Satsumasendai 130.299,31.808 d: 168.5
🇯🇵 Kobayashi 130.971,31.987 d: 178.5
🇯🇵 Miyazaki 131.421,31.912 d: 177.1
🇯🇵 Izumi 130.36,32.073 d: 194.8
🇯🇵 Hyūga 131.523,32.377 d: 229.5
🇯🇵 Yatsushiro 130.6,32.5 d: 237.1
Antipodal to: Minamitane -49.1,-30.383
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 19823.7
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 19801.8
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19827.2
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19827.5
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19820.2
🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19818.4
🇧🇷 Campo Bom -51.05,-29.667 d: 19811.1
🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19809.3
🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19808.2
🇧🇷 São Leopoldo -51.149,-29.772 d: 19806.5