was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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located in
Sakai District,
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geographic area of 4,190 km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, Gif ...
,
Japan.
The town of Sakai had a
population
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of 12,953 at the 2005 national census, an increase of 181 (1.4%) from the 2000 census. The total area was 31.70 km² and
population density
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was 408.61 persons per km².
On March 20, 2006, the town merged with the other towns within
Sakai District, namely
Harue,
Maruoka and
Mikuni, to create the . The name ''Sakai-chō'' is still used within the postal address of locations within the former town.
References
External links
Sakai city official website
Dissolved municipalities of Fukui Prefecture
Sakai, Fukui
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