former Toyoshina town hall, now the Azumino City Toyoshina Branch
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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
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Minamiazumi District,
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated
population
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of 27,546 and a
density
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of 704.32 persons per km². The total area is 39.11 km².
On October 1, 2005, Toyoshina, along with the town of
Akashina (from
Higashichikuma District), the town of
Hotaka, and the villages of
Horigane and
Misato (all from
Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of
Azumino
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is .
Etymology of Azumino
Azumino is a combination of two wo ...
.
The name Toyoshina is an
acronym
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of the four antecedent villages: Toba, Yoshino, Shinden, and Nariai.
Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture
Azumino, Nagano
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