Kawanabe, Kagoshima
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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 Kawanabe District, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

, 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 December 1, 2007 Kawanabe was merged with the town of Ei
Ei, Kagoshima
was a town located in Ibusuki District, Kagoshima, Japan.On December 1, 2007 Ei was merged with the towns of Chiran and Kawanabe, both from Kawanabe District, to form the new city of Minamikyūshū....

, from Ibusuki District
Ibusuki District, Kagoshima
Ibusuki was a district located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of June 30, 2005 population data , the district had an estimated population of 14,761 and a density of 134 persons per km²...

, and the town of Chiran
Chiran, Kagoshima
was a town located in Kawanabe District, Kagoshima, Japan.On December 1, 2007 Chiran was merged with the town of Ei, from Ibusuki District, and the town of Kawanabe, also from Kawanabe District, to form the new city of Minamikyūshū....

, also from Kawanabe District, to form the new city of Minamikyūshū
Minamikyushu, Kagoshima
is a city on the southern tip of Satsuma Peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of March 31, 2011, the city has a population of 39,738, with a household number of 17,288 and an area of 357.85 km²...

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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 15,121 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 118.74 persons per km². The total area was 127.35 km².
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