was a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

located in Kinosaki District,

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

, Japan. , the district of Hidaka has an estimated population of 17,242.Toyooka City Hall statistics 2015
Retrieved 17 June 2015 On April 1, 2005, Hidaka, along with the towns of Kinosaki and Takeno (all from Kinosaki District), and the towns of Izushi and

Tantō A is a traditionally made Japanese knife () that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. were used in tradit ...

(both from Izushi District), was merged into the expanded city of Toyooka and no longer exists as an independent

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

References

External links

Official website of Toyooka
Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture Toyooka, Hyōgo {{Hyogo-geo-stub