was a

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Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. The city was founded on 15 March 1951 and dissolved in November 2005.

Demographics

As of 2003, the city had an estimated

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of 37,094 and the

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of 1,146.29 persons per km². The total area is 32.36 km².

History

On November 1, 2005, Shinminato, along with the towns of

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, Kosugi and Ōshima, and the village of Shimo (all from Imizu District), was merged to create the city of

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, and no longer exists as an independent

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Places of interest

This city was famous for such places as Shinminato-Bridge, Kaiwo-maru Park, Shinminato Fishery, Classical Float Parade in October, and the Uchikawa River.

Education

* Shinminato High School * Toyama National College of Technology Imizu Campus

References

Dissolved municipalities of Toyama Prefecture Imizu, Toyama {{Toyama-geo-stub