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 Katsuta District,

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. 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 3,660 and a

density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...

of 41.93 persons per km². The total area was 87.29 km². On March 31, 2005, Katsuta, along with the towns of Mimasaka (former),

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December ...

, Ōhara and Sakutō, and the village of Higashiawakura (all from Aida District), was merged to create the city of Mimasaka.

Geography

Adjoining municipalities

** Mimasaka (town) ** Sakutō ** Ōhara **

Nishiawakura is a List of villages in Japan, village located in Aida District, Okayama, Aida District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,437 and a population density, density of 25 persons per km². T ...

** Shōō ** Nagi *

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hirosh ...

** Wakasa

Education

*Katsuta Elementary School *Katsuta-Higashi Elementary School *Kajinami Elementary School *Katsuta Junior High School

Transportation

Road

National highways National Highways, formerly the Highways Agency and later Highways England, is a State-owned enterprise, government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving Roads in England, motorways and major A roads in England. It al ...

: ** Route 429 * Prefectural roads: **Okayama Prefectural Route 7 (

Chizu This list of ''Usagi Yojimbo'' characters features characters from the '' Usagi Yojimbo'' comic book. Major characters * Miyamoto Usagi – Miyamoto Usagi is the titular character (inspired by Miyamoto Musashi) and an anthropomorphic rabbit (''Us ...

-Katsuta) **Okayama Prefectural Route 51 ( Mimasaka- Nagi) **Okayama Prefectural Route 356 (Gyōhō-Katsuta) **Okayama Prefectural Route 357 (Kajinami-Tateishi) **Okayama Prefectural Route 388 (Magata-Mimasaka) **Okayama Prefectural Route 479 (Seto-Munakake)

External links

Official website of Mimasaka
in Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Mimasaka, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub