was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Oe District,
Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan.
As of 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 24,981 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...
of 739.96 persons per km
2. The total area was 33.76 km
2.
On October 1, 2004, Kamojima, along with the towns of
Kawashima and
Yamakawa, and the village of
Misato (all from
Oe District), was merged to create the new city of
Yoshinogawa
290px, Tokushima Prefectural Road Route 244 in Yoshinogawa
290px, Fujii-dera wisteria
is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,150 in 17958 households and a population density of 270 persons ...
.
External links
Yoshinogawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tokushima Prefecture
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima
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