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
Ochi District,
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...
,
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 7,342 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 198.59 per km
2. The total area was 36.97 km
2.
On January 16, 2005, Kikuma, along with the towns of
Hakata,
Kamiura,
Miyakubo was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ochi District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,522 and a population density, density of 191.52 persons per km2. The total area was 1 ...
,
Namikata,
Ōmishima,
Ōnishi,
Tamagawa and
Yoshiumi, and the villages of
Asakura and
Sekizen (all from
Ochi District), was merged into the expanded city of
Imabari
270px, Imabari City Hall
270px, Aerial view of Imabari city center
is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75947 households and a population ...
and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
External links
Official website of Imabariin Japanese
Dissolved municipalities of Ehime Prefecture
Imabari, Ehime
{{Ehime-geo-stub