was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Senboku District,
Akita Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...
,
Japan
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.
In 2003, the town had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 7,491 and a
density
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of 72.47 persons per km². The total area was 103.36 km².
On March 22, 2005, Ōta, along with the city of
Ōmagari; the towns of
Kamioka
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gifu Prefecture, Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 24,726, and a population density of 31 persons per km2, in 8,905 households. The total area of the city was . The official ''kanji'' f ...
,
Kyōwa
was a after '' Kansei'' and before ''Bunka.'' This period spanned the years from February 1801 through February 1804.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kyōwa''" ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deu ...
,
Nakasen,
Nishisenboku and
Semboku; and the village of
Nangai (all from
Senboku District), merged to create the city of
Daisen.
External links
Daisen official website
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture
Daisen, Akita
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