Sakurajima, Kagoshima
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,504 and a density of 139.88 persons per km. The total area was 32.20 km. On November 1, 2004, Sakurajima, along with the towns of Kōriyama and Matsumoto (both from Hioki District), the town of Kiire (from Ibusuki District), and the town of Yoshida (also from Kagoshima District), was merged into the expanded city of Kagoshima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.