Ishioka, Ibaraki
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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 Ibaraki
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
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As of 2003, the city has an estimated population
Population
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of 52,755 and the density
Population density
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of 885.15 persons per km². The total area is 59.60 km².
The city was founded on February 11, 1954.
On October 1, 2005 the town of Yasato
Yasato, Ibaraki
Yasato was a town located in Niihari District, Ibaraki, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 30,218 and a density of 196.50 persons per km². The total area is 153.78 km²....
, from Niihari District
Niihari District, Ibaraki
Niihari was a district located in Ibaraki, Japan. The district was dissolved on March 27, 2006.The district has only one village before dissolution.* Tamari-Timeline :...
, was merged into Ishioka.
External links
- Official website in Japanese