was a

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located in Kita District,

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

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. The north and south of the town are hilly; the center is flat and suitable for housing development. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 18,108 and a

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of 1,098.79 persons per km². The total area was 16.48 km². On January 10, 2006, Mure, along with the town of

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(also from Kita District), the towns of

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and Kōnan (both from Kagawa District), and the town of Kokubunji (from Ayauta District), was merged into the expanded city of Takamatsu and no longer exists as an independent

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. The town tree was the

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, and the town flower the

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. These symbols represent ambition, good luck, longevity and positive relationships. Mure had

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relationships with

Mure, Nagano former Mure Town Hall was a village located in Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. In 2003, the village had an estimated population of 7,442 and a density of 186.75 persons per km2. The total area was 39.85 km2. On October 1, ...

and Elberton, Georgia, United States.

External links

Official website of Takamatsu

Official website of Takamatsu
Dissolved municipalities of Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu, Kagawa {{Kagawa-geo-stub