was a
village
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located in
Niihari District,
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 8,618 and a
density
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of 588.26 persons per km
2. The total area was 15.33 km
2.
On March 27, 2006, Tamari, along with the towns of
Ogawa and
Minori (both from
Higashiibaraki District), was merged to create the city of
Omitama.
The new city takes its name from a merger of the three older town names, Ogawa, MInori, TAMAri.
The village had a large agricultural base, with rice and renkon (lotus roots) being the main crops.
References
External links
Omitama official website
Dissolved municipalities of Ibaraki Prefecture
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