was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Minamitsugaru District in central
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...
,
Japan
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Onoe Village was founded on April 1, 1889. It was elevated to town status on April 1, 1937. It merged with neighboring Saruga Village on January 1, 1955 and annexed a portion of Inakadate Village on June 10, 1956.
On January 1, 2006, Onoe, along with the town of
Hiraka, and the village of
Ikarigaseki (all from
Minamitsugaru District), was
merged
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to create the new city of
Hirakawa, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.
At the time of its merger, Onoe had an estimated
population
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of 10,102 and a
population density
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of 535.35 persons per km
2. The total area was 18.87 km
2.
Ikarigaseki was served by
Japan National Route 102
is a national highway in the Japanese prefecture of Aomori. Route 102 stretches from National Route 7 in Hirosaki east to National Routes 4 and 45 in Towada.
Route description
The highway crosses the central part Aomori Prefecture, linkin ...
highway, and by two stations on the
Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line
The is a railway route operated by the Japanese private railway operator Kōnan Railway in Aomori Prefecture, from Hirosaki Station in Hirosaki to Kuroishi Station in Kuroishi.
Station list
* Tamboāto Station is open from April to November ...
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Dissolved municipalities of Aomori Prefecture
Hirakawa, Aomori
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