Uchinoura (内之浦町,Uchinoura-chō) was atown located inKimotsuki District,Kagoshima Prefecture,Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimatedpopulation of 4,577 and adensity of 25.52 persons per km2. The total area was 179.36 km2.
On July 1, 2005, Uchinoura, along with the town ofKōyama (also fromKimotsuki District), was merged to create the town ofKimotsuki.[1]
TheUchinoura Space Center is named after the town and was built before the merger.
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