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 Ena District,

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 6,719 and a

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of 91.59 persons per km². The total area was 73.36 km². On February 13, 2005, Tsukechi, along with the towns of

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

and

Sakashita was a town located in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,753 and a density of 193.25 persons per km². The total area was 29.77 km². On February 13, 2005, Sakashita, along with the town ...

, the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue (all from Ena District), and the village of Yamaguchi (from

Kiso District is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 34,759. The total area is 1,546.26 km2. Historically, the district was once known as Nishichikuma District (西筑摩郡) ...

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 ...

), was merged into the expanded city of

Nakatsugawa Magome-juku on the Nakasendō is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,930, and a population density of 120 persons per km2 in 30,788 households The total area of the city was . Geography Nakatsugawa is in ...

and no longer exists as an independent

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References

External links

Official website of Nakatsugawa
Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2005 {{Gifu-geo-stub 2005 disestablishments in Japan