was a
town
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located in
Higashiuwa District,
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 4,583 and a
density
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of 36.00 persons per km². The total area was 127.31 km².
On April 1, 2004, Shirokawa, along with the towns of
Akehama,
Nomura and
Uwa
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(all from
Higashiuwa District), and the town of
Mikame (from
Nishiuwa District), was merged to create the city of
Seiyo
270px, Kaimei Gakko
270px, Aerial view of Unomachi neighborhood of Seiyo
270px, Onogahara in Seiyo
is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,456 in 17627 households and a population density of 69 ...
.
External links
Official website of Seiyo
Dissolved municipalities of Ehime Prefecture
Seiyo, Ehime
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