Ishibe, Shiga
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was a town
Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Kōka District
Koka District, Shiga
was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 147,928 and a density of 267.90 persons per km²...

, Shiga
Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.- History :Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the prefectural system was established...

, Japan
Japan
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. There was Ishibe-juku
Ishibe-juku
was the fifty-first of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the downtown area of the present-day city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan...

 in Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

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On October 1, 2004 Ishibe was merged with the town of Kōsei
Kosei, Shiga
was a town located in Kōka District, Shiga, Japan. "Kōsei" means "western Kōka".On October 1, 2004 Kōsei was merged with the town of Ishibe, also from Kōka District, to form the new city of Konan....

, also from Kōka District
Koka District, Shiga
was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 147,928 and a density of 267.90 persons per km²...

, to form the new city of Konan
Konan, Shiga
is a city located in the southern part of Shiga, Japan. The city was founded on October 1, 2004 by the merger of the towns of Kōsei and Ishibe, both from Kōka District. The total area is 70.49 km²....

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As of 2003, the town had an estimated population
Population
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 of 12,418 and a density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 931.58 persons per km². The total area was 13.33 km²
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