was a
village
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located in
Ayama District,
Mie Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 5,819 and a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ...
of 60.63 persons per km
2. The total area was 95.98 km
2.
On November 1, 2004, Ōyamada, along with the city of
Ueno, the towns of
Iga (former) and
Ayama, the village of
Shimagahara (all from
Ayama District), and the town of
Aoyama (from
Naga District), was merged to create the city of
Iga.
References
External links
Official website of Iga
Dissolved municipalities of Mie Prefecture
Iga, Mie
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