was a
village
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located in
Ibi District
is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
, the district has an estimated population of 72,109. The total area is 876.65 km2.
The area of the former village of Tokuyama in this district will be flooded by the Tokuyama Dam.
Towns ...
,
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 village 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 1,443 and a
density
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of 15.30 persons per km
2. The total area was 94.33 km
2.
On January 31, 2005, Kuze, along with the villages of
Fujihashi,
Kasuga may refer to:
Places
* Kasuga, Fukuoka, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
** Kasuga Station (Fukuoka), on the Kagoshima Main Line
* Kasuga, Hyogo, a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture
* Kasuga, Gifu, a former village in Gifu Prefecture
* Kas ...
,
Sakauchi and
Tanigumi (all from
Ibi District
is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
, the district has an estimated population of 72,109. The total area is 876.65 km2.
The area of the former village of Tokuyama in this district will be flooded by the Tokuyama Dam.
Towns ...
), was merged into the expanded town of
Ibigawa
is a town located in Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,319 in 8,015 households and a population density of 27 persons per km2, in 8,032 households. The total area of the town was .
Geography
Ibi ...
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 Ibigawa
Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture
Ibi District, Gifu
Ibigawa, Gifu
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