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
Miyaki District
is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
In February 2009, the district had an estimated population of 54,233 and a density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol ...
,
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...
,
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 ...
. It was established as a village and was later upgraded to a town on April 1, 1965.
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 11,419 and a Population
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 687.06 persons per km
2. The total area was 16.62 km
2.
On March 1, 2005, Kitashigeyasu, along with the towns of
Mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
and
Nakabaru (both located in
Miyaki District
is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
In February 2009, the district had an estimated population of 54,233 and a density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol ...
), was merged to form the town of
Miyaki.
Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture
{{Saga-geo-stub