was a

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located in Ayauta District,

Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Pr ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 23,743 and a

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of 904.50 persons per km². The total area was 26.25 km². On January 10, 2006, Kokubunji, along with the towns of Aji and Mure (both from Kita District), and the towns of Kagawa and Kōnan (both from Kagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of

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and no longer exists as an independent

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External links

Official website of Takamatsu

Official website of Takamatsu
Dissolved municipalities of Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu, Kagawa {{Kagawa-geo-stub