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
Mugi District,
Gifu Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 4,038 and a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ...
of 61.87 persons per km
2. The total area was 65.27 km
2.
On February 7, 2005, Mugi, along with the town of
Mugegawa, and the villages of
Horado,
Itadori and
Kaminoho (all from
Mugi District), was merged into the expanded city of
Seki.
Notes
External links
Seki official website
Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2005
Seki, Gifu
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2005 disestablishments in Japan