was a

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located in Oku District,

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...

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Overview

It faces Okayama City to the west, Ōku town to the north, and the Seto Inland Sea to the east and south. In particular, it is focused on tourism, and is called the "

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of Japan". It is also one of Okayama Prefecture's leading mushroom producers and one of Japan's two largest olive producing areas, as well as Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture.

History

As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 7,545 and a

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of 274.36 persons per km². The total area was 27.50 km². On November 1, 2004, Ushimado, along with the towns of Oku and Osafune (all from Oku District), was merged to create the city of Setouchi.

References

Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2004 2004 disestablishments in Japan Setouchi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub