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
Minamiuwa District,
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tok ...
,
Japan.
Pearl culturing flourishes here, as Uchiumi produces the highest pearl output in 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 2,351 and a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...
of 119.10 per km
2. The total area was 19.74 km
2.
On October 1, 2004, Uchiumi, along with the towns of
Ipponmatsu,
Jōhen,
Mishō and
Nishiumi (all from
Minamiuwa District), was merged to create the town of
Ainan.
External links
Official website of Ainanin Japanese
Dissolved municipalities of Ehime Prefecture
Ainan, Ehime
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