was a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
located in
Munakata District,
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. The village consisted of the island of
Okinoshima Okinoshima may refer to:
*Oki Islands, a group of Japanese islands historically called Okinoshima
* Okinoshima, Shimane
is a List of towns in Japan, town located on Dōgojima, Dōgo, in Oki District, Shimane, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, J ...
and an island also named Ōshima.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 873 and a
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 107.25 persons per km
2. The total area was 8.14 km
2.
On March 28, 2005, Ōshima was merged into the expanded city of
Munakata.
References
External links
Munakata official website
Populated places disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments in Japan
Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture
Munakata, Fukuoka
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