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
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 8,484 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 479.59 persons per km
2. The total area was .
On October 1, 2004, Kawashima, along with the towns of
Kamojima and
Yamakawa, and the village of
Misato (all from
Oe District), was merged to create the new city of
Yoshinogawa.
External links
Yoshinogawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tokushima Prefecture
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima
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