was a
village
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located in
Maniwa District,
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 800 and a
density
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of 16.76 persons per km
2. The total area was 47.73 km
2.
On March 31, 2005, Chūka, along with the town of
Hokubō (from
Jōbō District), and towns of
Katsuyama,
Kuse,
Ochiai and
Yubara, and the villages of
Kawakami,
Mikamo and
Yatsuka (all from
Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of
Maniwa
file:Maniwa city office.jpg, 270px, Maniwa City Hall
file:Kuse district Maniwa city Aerial photograph.1976.jpg, 270px, Aerial view of Kuse area of Maniwa
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated ...
.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture
Maniwa
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