was a
village
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located in
Seta District,
Gunma Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 8,468 and a
density
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of 175.87 persons per km². The total area was 48.15 km².
On December 5, 2004, Miyagi, along with the town of
Ōgo, and the village of
Kasukawa (all from
Seta District), was merged into the expanded city of
Maebashi
is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It ...
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 MaebashiEnglish content
Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
Maebashi
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