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 to ...

located in Nishishirakawa District,

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. On November 7, 2005, Omotegō, along with the villages of

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and Taishin (all from Nishishirakawa District) was merged into the expanded city of Shirakawa. As of 2003, the village had an estimated

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of 7,322 and a

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of 110.14 persons per km². The total area was 66.48 km².

External links

Shirakawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture {{Fukushima-geo-stub