was a
city
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located in
Kōchi Prefecture,
Japan
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. The city was in the southwestern part of Kōchi and known for its shrine. The city was elevated from town status on March 31, 1954. It is on the banks of the
Shimanto-gawa, the last free flowing river in Japan.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
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of 34,366 and the
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 89.38 persons per km
2. The total area was 384.50 km
2.
On April 10, 2005, Nakamura, along with the village of
Nishitosa (from
Hata District), was merged to create the city of
Shimanto.
External links
Official website of Shimanto
Dissolved municipalities of Kōchi Prefecture
Shimanto, Kōchi (city)
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