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
Yoshiki District,
Gifu Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,064 and a population density of 90.56 persons per km². The total area was 89.05 km².
On February 1, 2005, Kokufu, along with the town of
Kuguno, and the villages of
Asahi
Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to:
Cities
* Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards
* Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'')
* Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'')
Towns
* Asahi, Aichi (旭 ...
,
Kiyomi
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,
Miya,
Nyūkawa,
Shōkawa and
Takane (all from
Ōno District
ONO, Ono or Ōno may refer to:
Places Fiji
* Ono Island (Fiji)
Israel
* Kiryat Ono
* Ono, Benjamin, ancient site
Italy
* Ono San Pietro
Ivory Coast
* Ono, Ivory Coast, a village in Comoé District
Japan
* Ōno Castle, Fukuoka
* ...
), and the village of
Kamitakara (also from
Yoshiki District), was merged into the expanded city of
Takayama and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Notes
External links
Official website of Takayama
Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture
Takayama, Gifu
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