was a

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located in Imizu District,

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 12,419 and a

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of 570.46 persons per km². The total area was 21.77 km². On November 1, 2005, Daimon, along with the city of Shinminato, the towns of Kosugi and Ōshima, the village of Shimo (all from Imizu District), was merged to create the city of Imizu and no longer exists as an independent

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Dissolved municipalities of Toyama Prefecture Imizu, Toyama {{Toyama-geo-stub