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Taragi Town
Kumamoto Prefecture · Town
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Taragi Town lies at the southeastern tip of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the eastern Hitoyoshi Basin. The Sagara clan first settled here in the Kamakura period, and the town became the clan's foothold for ruling the Kuma region. The town once prospered as a collection point for timber, and it also has distilleries of Kuma shochu (a distilled spirit).
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Kumamoto Prefecture
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