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
Aki District,
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
,
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 located on the
Kurahashi-jima
, also called in ancient texts, is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
The island is roughly T-shaped, with the northern, most mountainous lobe sandwiched between mainland Kure and Etajima ...
island and surrounding islets.
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 7,193 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 132.13 persons per km². The total area was 54.44 km².
On March 20, 2005, Kurahashi, along with the towns of
Ondo Ondo may refer to:
Japan
* Ondo, Hiroshima
* Ondo (music), a style of folk music
* ''Ondo'' class oiler, ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Nigeria
* Ondo City
* Ondo State
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Ondo
* Ondo Kingdom (c. 1510–1899)
People ...
and
Kamagari (all from
Aki District), and the towns of
Yasuura,
Toyohama and
Yutaka (all from
Toyota District), was merged into the expanded city of
Kure
is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan ...
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 Kure (som
English content
Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture
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