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{{Short description|Town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan}}
[[File:豊玉姫神社〔南九州市〕.jpg|thumb|250px|Toyotamahime Shrine in Chiran, Kagoshima]]

{{nihongo|'''Chiran'''|知覧町|Chiran-chō}} was a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Kawanabe District, Kagoshima|Kawanabe District]], [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Chiran is famous for producing Japanese tea.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.chirantea.com/?lang=ja|title=Chiran Tea|publisher=Chiran Tea|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>

As of 2003, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 13,667 and the [[population density|density]] of 113.71 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 120.19 km<sup>2</sup>.

On December 1, 2007, Chiran, along with the town of [[Ei, Kagoshima|Ei]] (from [[Ibusuki District, Kagoshima|Ibusuki District]]), and the town of [[Kawanabe, Kagoshima|Kawanabe]] (also from [[Kawanabe District, Kagoshima|Kawanabe District]]), was merged to form the new city of [[Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima|Minamikyūshū]].

==Education==
Chiran has one junior high school: Chiran Junior High School, with 300 students.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Economy==
Chiran has one of wire harness trading company.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Sorayoi==
''Sorayoi'' is one of the festivals that takes place on a night of full moon for children between four and thirteen. ''Sorayoi'' is short for ''Sorewayoi,'' meaning ''that's good.''

==Visitor attractions==
* [[Chiran Castle]] - A castle ruin, one of the [[Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jokaku.jp/japan-top-100-castles/best-100-castles-of-japan-2nd-selection/ |title=続日本100名城 |publisher=日本城郭協会|language=Japanese|accessdate=12 October 2021}}</ref>
* Chiran Samurai District - preserved samurai district with residence and garden in the Edo period.
* [[Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File: Chiran Fumoto 01.JPG|Chiran Samurai District
File: Chiran-Bikeyashiki 03.jpg|Chiran Samurai District
File: Chiran-Bikeyashiki 02.jpg|Chiran Samurai District
File:Chiran Samurai Residence Garden (4278149091).jpg|Chiran Samurai District
</gallery>

==Notable people==
* [[Chinatsu Akasaki]] - voice actress
* [[Isamu Akasaki]] - Engineer, 2014 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] winner

==See also==
* [[Groups of Traditional Buildings]]
* [[Chiran Special Attack Peace Museum]]
* [https://chiran.cn.com]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://chiran.cn.com] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Kagoshima}}

{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture]]
[[Category:Minamikyūshū]]
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