was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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located in
Takaoka District,
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and T ...
,
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 ...
of 14,385 and a
density
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of 51.73 persons per km². The total area was 278.08 km².
On March 20, 2006, Kubokawa, along with the towns of
Taishō and
Towa (both
Hata District), was merged to create the town of
Shimanto (in
Takaoka District) and no longer exists as in independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
.
External links
Official website of Shimanto
Dissolved municipalities of Kōchi Prefecture
Shimanto, Kōchi (town)
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