was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Minamiamabe District,
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumam ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 2,588 and the
density
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of 165.05 persons per km
2. The total area was 15.68 km
2.
On March 3, 2005, Kamiura, along with the towns of
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Kamae is to be differentiated from the word , used ...
,
Tsurumi,
Ume
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and
Yayoi
The started at the beginning of the Neolithic in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age.
Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon p ...
, and the villages of
Honjō,
Naokawa and
Yonōzu (all from
Minamiamabe District), was merged
into the expanded city of
Saiki.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments in Japan
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