was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
located in
Hikawa District,
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamag ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 4,415 and a
density
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of 40.20 persons per km
2. The total area was 109.83 km
2.
On March 22, 2005, Sada, along with the city of
Hirata Hirata may refer to:
Places
*Hirata, Fukushima, former village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Gifu, former town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Shimane, former city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Yamagata was a town located in ...
, the towns of
Koryō,
Taisha
Taisha may refer to:
* Japanese topics:
** Cultural features:
*** Taisha-zukuri, type of Shinto shrine
*** Taisha joseki, joseki maneuver in game of Go
** Japanese geography:
*** Taisha, Shimane, town in the Hikawa District of Shimane
*** Taisha L ...
and
Taki (all from
Hikawa District), was merged into the expanded city of
Izumo.
Dissolved municipalities of Shimane Prefecture
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