Takanabe Town

Miyazaki Prefecture · Town

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Takanabe Town, on the coast of central Miyazaki Prefecture, has the smallest area of any town in Miyazaki Prefecture. It was the castle town of the Akizuki clan's Takanabe Domain, a "domain of education" that trained people at its domain school, Meirindo. The town has Maizuru Park on the Takanabe Castle ruins and the Mochida Kofun Cluster.

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Population: 18,662 918th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −6.3% 948th in Japanfrom 19,922 in 2020
Area: 43.80 km² 1,341st in Japan
Population density: 426 people/km² 571st in Japan

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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