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was a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. The city was founded on 15 March 1951 and dissolved in November 2005.

Demographics

As of 2003, the city had an estimated

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of 37,094 and the

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of 1,146.29 persons per km². The total area is 32.36 km².

History

On November 1, 2005, Shinminato, along with the towns of

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, Kosugi and Ōshima, and the village of Shimo (all from Imizu District), was merged to create the city of Imizu, and no longer exists as an independent

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Places of interest

This city was famous for such places as Shinminato-Bridge, Kaiwo-maru Park, Shinminato Fishery, Classical Float Parade in October, and the Uchikawa River.

Education

* Shinminato High School *

Toyama National College of Technology is a college of technology in Toyama and Imizu, Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1, ...

Imizu Campus Dissolved municipalities of Toyama Prefecture Imizu, Toyama {{Toyama-geo-stub