was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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located in
Kaizu District,
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 town had an estimated
population
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of 17,268 and a
density
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of 333.29 persons per km². The total area was 51.81 km².
On March 28, 2005, Nannō was merged with the towns of Kaizu (former) and
Hirata Hirata may refer to:
Places
*Hirata, Fukushima, former village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Gifu, former town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Shimane, former city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Yamagata was a town located in ...
(all from
Kaizu District), to create the city of
Kaizu
Kiso Sansen Park Center
is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 34,960, and a population density of 310 persons per km2, in 12,167 households. The total area of the city was . Most of the city is located at sea ...
.
Notes
External links
Kaizu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture
Kaizu
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