was a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Kitagunma 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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 2,067 and a
density
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of 72.88 persons per km². The total area was 28.36 km².
On February 20, 2006, Onogami, along with the town of
Ikaho, the village of
Komochi (all from
Kitagunma District), and the villages of
Akagi and
Kitatachibana (both from
Seta District), was merged into the expanded city of
Shibukawa
is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 76,098 in 32,439 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Shibukawa is the location of Ikaho Onsen, a popular hot spring resort.
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.
External links
Shibukawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
Shibukawa, Gunma
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