Tsuruda, Kagoshima


Tsuruda 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, was merged into the expanded town of Satsuma and no longer exists as an independent municipality.