was a
town
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Origin and use
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located in
Kitakatsushika District,
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefectur ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 26,125 and a
density
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of 1,655.58 persons per km
2. The total area was 15.78 km
2.
On March 23, 2010, Kurihashi, along with the town of
Washimiya (also from
Kitakatsushika District), and the town of
Shōbu (from
Minamisaitama District), was merged into the expanded city of
Kuki.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2010
2010 disestablishments in Japan
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