Tsuruda, Kagoshima

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This article is about the former town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. There is another town with the same Japanese name in Aomori Prefecture, see Tsuruta, Aomori.

Tsuruda (鶴田町; -chou) was a town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Japan. On March 22, 2005 the town merged with two other towns forming the town of Satsuma and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

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.