was a town located in
Ishikawa District,
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...
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Japan
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As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 12,918 and a
density
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of 1,416.45 persons per km². The total area was 9.12 km².
On February 1, 2005, Mikawa, along with the city of
Mattō, the town of
Tsurugi, and the villages of
Kawachi,
Oguchi,
Shiramine,
Torigoe and
Yoshinodani (all from
Ishikawa District), was merged to create the city of
Hakusan and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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A new joint-venture car assembly factory is scheduled to be built in the outskirts.
External links
Official website of Hakusan
Dissolved municipalities of Ishikawa Prefecture
Hakusan, Ishikawa
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