was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Hiraka District,
Akita Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is estimated 915,691 as of 1 August 2023 and its geographi ...
,
Japan
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.
In 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 14,198 and a
density
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of 375.61 persons per km
2. The total area was 37.80 km
2.
On October 1, 2005, Jūmonji, along with the towns of
Hiraka,
Masuda,
Omonogawa and
Ōmori
is a district located a few kilometres south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan accessed by rail via the Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keihin Tohoku line, or by road via Japan National Route 15, Dai Ichi Keihin. Ōmorikaigan, the eastern area of Ōmori, can be ...
; and the villages of
Sannai and
Taiyū (all from
Hiraka District), was merged into the expanded city of
Yokote.
References
External links
Yokote official website
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture
Yokote, Akita
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