was a
town located in
Ōsato District,
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
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Japan
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As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population of 8,325 and a
density of 534.34 persons per km². The total area was 15.58 km².
On October 1, 2005, Ōsato, along with the town of
Menuma (also from
Ōsato District), was merged into the expanded city of
Kumagaya and no longer exists as an independent
municipality.
Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture
Kumagaya
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