was a

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located in Higashiibaraki District,

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

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. On October 16, 2004, Gozenyama, along with the town of Yamagata (also from Higashiibaraki District), the town of

Ōmiya Ōmiya 大宮 is a Japanese word originally used for the imperial palace or shrines, now a common name, and may refer to: People *Ōmiya (surname), a Japanese surname *Ōmiya, or is a female character in ''The Tale of Genji'', an 11th-century nove ...

, and the villages of Miwa and

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(all from Naka District), was merged to create the city of

Hitachiōmiya is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,281 in 16.047 households and a population density of 220 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 37.6%. The total area of t ...

and no longer exists as an independent

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. As of 2003, the village had an estimated

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of 4,319 and a

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of 97.30 persons per km². The total area was 44.39 km².

External links

Official website of Hitachiomiya
Dissolved municipalities of Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki {{Ibaraki-geo-stub