Satsuma Province 薩摩国 | |||||||||
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Province of Japan | |||||||||
7th century–1871 | |||||||||
![]() Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Satsuma Province highlighted | |||||||||
Capital | Satsuma District | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1871 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Kagoshima Prefecture |
Satsuma Province (薩摩国, Satsuma-no-Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Its abbreviation was Sasshū (薩州).