Kamoto, Kumamoto
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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 Kamoto District
Kamoto District, Kumamoto
was a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 31,088 and the density of 472.39 persons per square kilometer...

, Kumamoto
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. The capital is the city of Kumamoto.- History :Historically the area was called Higo Province; and the province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji Restoration. The creation of prefectures was part of the abolition of the feudal system...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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On January 15, 2005 Kamoto, along with the towns of Kahoku
Kahoku, Kumamoto
was a town located in Kamoto District, Kumamoto, Japan.On January 15, 2005 Kahoku, along with the towns of Kamoto, Kaō and Kikuka, all from Kamoto District, was merged into the expanded city of Yamaga and no longer exists as an independent municipality....

, Kaō
Kao, Kumamoto
was a town located in Kamoto District, Kumamoto, Japan.On January 15, 2005 Kaō, along with the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto and Kikuka, all from Kamoto District, was merged into the expanded city of Yamaga and no longer exists as an independent municipality....

 and Kikuka
Kikuka, Kumamoto
Kikuka was a town located in Kamoto District, Kumamoto, Japan.On January 15, 2005 Kikuka, along with the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto and Kaō, all from Kamoto District, was merged into the expanded city of Yamaga and no longer exists as an independent municipality.As of 2003, the town had an estimated...

, all from Kamoto District
Kamoto District, Kumamoto
was a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 31,088 and the density of 472.39 persons per square kilometer...

, was merged into the expanded city of Yamaga
Yamaga, Kumamoto
is a city located in Kumamoto, Japan.On January 15, 2005 Yamaga absorbed the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto, Kaō and Kikuka, all from Kamoto District, into the new expanded city of Yamaga....

 and no longer exists as an independent municipality
Municipalities of Japan
Japan has three levels of government: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities. There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards...

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As of 2003, the town had an estimated population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 8,617 and the 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 488.77 persons per km². The total area was 17.63 km².
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