Kinkō, Kagoshima
The town was formed on March 22, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Ōnejime and Tashiro, both from Kimotsuki District. As of July 2010, the town has an estimated population of 9,328. The total area is 163.15 km². Geography. Climate. Kinkō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification "Cfa") with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heavier in summer, especially the months of June and July. The average annual temperature in Kinkō is . The average annual rainfall is with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest  on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Its record high is , reached on 18 August 2020, and its record low is , reached on 25 January 2016. Demographics. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kinkō in 2020 is 6,944 people. Kinkō began the census in 1920, and the town's population peaked in the 1950s at more than 22,000 people; the population has continued to decline since then. After the 2010s, Kinkō's population has fallen below 10,000.