
was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Hikawa District,
Shimane Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a ge ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 5,843 and a
density
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of 262.49 persons per km
2. The total area was 22.26 km
2.
On March 22, 2005, Koryō, along with the city of
Hirata, the towns of
Sada,
Taisha
Taisha may refer to:
* Japanese topics:
** Cultural features:
*** Taisha (shrine) A kind of Shinto shrine
*** Taisha-zukuri, type of Shinto architecture
*** Taisha jōseki, Taisha joseki, joseki maneuver in game of Go
** Japanese geography:
*** Tai ...
and
Taki (all from
Hikawa District), was merged into the expanded city of
Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to:
Locations
* Izumo Province, an old province of Japan
* Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture
** Izumo Airport
* Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines
Ships
* ''Izumo ...
.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Shimane Prefecture
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