Tsuruda

Tsuruda (鶴田町, Tsuruda-chō) was a town in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,853 and the density of 62.23 persons per km2. The total area was 77.99 km2. On March 22, 2005, Tsuruda, along with the town of Miyanojō (also from Satsuma District), was merged into the expanded town of Satsuma (former name: 薩摩町; current name: さつま町) and no longer exists as an independent municipality.