was a

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located in Isumi 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 ...

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. Ōhara was formed on March 31, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Tōkai, Azuma and Namihana. On December 5, 2005, Ōhara was merged into the towns of

Isumi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 37,206 in 17,004 households and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Isumi is located on the east coast ...

(former) and

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(both from Isumi District), to create the city of

, and thus no longer exists as an independent

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. In November 2005 (the last data available before its merger into Isumi), the town had an estimated

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of 20,518 and a

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of 308 persons per km². Its total area was 66.61 km². The town's economy was largely based on

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. The town was a sister city of

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in the

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References

External links

Isumi City Website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture Isumi {{Chiba-geo-stub