was a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
located in
Oki District,
Shimane Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a ge ...
, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,123 and a density of 40.52 persons per km
2. The total area was 52.39 km
2.
On October 1, 2004, Goka, along with the town of
Saigō, and the villages of
Fuse and
Tsuma (all from
Oki District), was merged to create the town of
Okinoshima.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Shimane Prefecture
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