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[[Image:Kumage Subprefecture in Kagoshima Prefecture.png|thumb|Kumage Subprefecture's location in Kagoshima Prefecture]]
[[Image:Kumage Subprefecture Office.jpg|thumb|Subprefectural Government office, Nishinoomote]]
{{nihongo|'''Kumage Subprefecture'''|熊毛支庁|Kumage-shichō}} is a [[Subprefectures of Japan|subprefecture]] of [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. The subprefectural office is located in [[Nishinoomote, Kagoshima|Nishinoomote]].

It includes the following [[Cities of Japan|cities]] and [[Towns of Japan|towns]] on the [[Ōsumi Islands]]:

*Kumage Subprefecture
**[[Nishinoomote, Kagoshima|Nishinoomote]] (city on [[Tanegashima]] and [[Mageshima]])
**[[Nakatane, Kagoshima|Nakatane]] (town on Tanegashima)
**[[Minamitane, Kagoshima|Minamitane]] (town on Tanegashima)
*Yakushima Office
**[[Yakushima, Kagoshima|Yakushima]] (town on [[Yakushima]] and [[Kuchinoerabujima]])

==History==
{{see also|Tane Province}}
*1889: These area, formerly governed by [[Ōshima Subprefecture (Kagoshima)|Ōshima Subprefecture]], were succeeded by [[Kumage District, Kagoshima|Kumage]] and [[Gomu District, Kagoshima|Gomu District]] Governments.
*1897: Gomu District was merged into Kumage District.
*1926: Kumage Subprefecture was founded on the corresponding area.

==Offices==
*Kumage Subprefecture: 7590 Nishinoomote, Nishinoomote-shi, Kagoshime-ken. 891-3192
*Kumage Subprefecture Yakushima Office: 650 Anbō, Yakushima-machi, Kumage-gun, Kagoshime-ken. 891-4311
*Kumage Educational Office: 7590 Nishinoomote, Nishinoomote-shi, Kagoshime-ken. 891-3192

==External links==
*{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221112705/http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/chiiki/kumage/ Official website]
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