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

Mizuma District is a Districts of Japan, district located in Fukuoka Prefecture,Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fukuoka-ken" in . Japan. As of 2003 statistics and counting the decrease in size and population due to the Kurume, Fukuoka, Kurume merger, the ...

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 15,606 and a

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of 969.32 persons per km². The total area was 16.10 km². On February 5, 2005, Mizuma, along with the town of Kitano (from Mii District), the town of Jōjima (also from

), and the town of Tanushimaru (from Ukiha District), was merged into the expanded city of

Kurume is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 295,367 in 137,140 households, and a population density of 1309 people per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kurume is located in the Chikugo Plain ...

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

Mizuma official website of Kurume
in Japanese (some English) Populated places disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in Japan Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Kurume {{Fukuoka-geo-stub