is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in the north-west in Ibaraki Prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...

, Japan

Japan

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As of 2003, the town has an estimated population

Population

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 of 48,108 and a density

Population density

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 of 100.74 persons per km². The total area is 348.38 km². The city was founded on October 16, 2004 when the town of Yamagata and the villages of Gozenyama

Gozenyama, Ibaraki

was a village located in Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan.On October 16, 2004 Gozenyama was merged with the town of Yamagata, also from Higashiibaraki District, the town of Ōmiya, and the villages of Miwa and Ogawa, all from Naka District, to form the new city of Hitachiōmiya and no longer...

, Miwa and Ogawa were incorporated into the town of Ōmiya to form the new city.

External links

• Official website