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
Kaijō District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
, Japan.
Unikami was formed on March 31, 1954. through the merger of the villages of Takisato, Oumei, and Tsurumaki.
On July 1, 2005, Unakami
was merged with the city of
Asahi
Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to:
Cities
* Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards
* Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'')
* Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'')
Towns
* Asahi, Aichi (旭 ...
, the town of
Hikata (from
Katori District), and the town of
Iioka (also from
Kaijō District) to form the new Asahi city, and it disappeared.
In April 2005 (the last data available before its merger into Asahi), the town 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 11,153 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
of 390 persons per km². Its total area was 28.59 km².
External links
Asahi official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Asahi, Chiba
{{Chiba-geo-stub