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 on the island of Itsukushima

Itsukushima

is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as , the Shrine Island. The island is one of . Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture...

 in Saeki District

Saeki District, Hiroshima

was a district located in Hiroshima, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 54,592 and a density of . The total area was .-Towns and villages:...

, Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, 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 November 3, 2005 Miyajima, along with the town of Ōno

Ono, Hiroshima

was a town located in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan.On November 3, 2005 Ōno, along with the town of Miyajima, also from Saeki District, was merged into the city of Hatsukaichi....

, also from Saeki District

Saeki District, Hiroshima

was a district located in Hiroshima, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 54,592 and a density of . The total area was .-Towns and villages:...

, was merged into the city of Hatsukaichi

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

is a city of some 120,000 people located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name derives from a market traditionally held on the 20th of each month with hatsuka meaning "20th day" and ichi translating to "market"...

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As of 2003, the town had an estimated population

Population

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 of 2,018 and a density

Population density

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 of 66.40 persons per km². The total area was 30.39 km².

Merger with Hatsukaichi

In August 2004, both Hatsukaichi and the city of Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

expressed an interest in annexing the town. The people in Miyajima supported Hatsukaichi. A committee for discussing the merger was created as soon as possible and the town was amalgamated with the city of Hatsukaichi on November 3, 2005.