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Shikama, Miyagi

Shikama, Miyagi

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Shikama (色麻町; -chou) is 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 Kami District
Kami District, Miyagi
Kami is a district located in Miyagi, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 35,403 and a density of 62.11 persons per km². The total area is 570.05 km².- History :Kami District is first recorded in the Nara Period as 賀美郡...

, Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...

, Japan
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of 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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Shikama (色麻町; -chou) is 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 Kami District
Kami District, Miyagi
Kami is a district located in Miyagi, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 35,403 and a density of 62.11 persons per km². The total area is 570.05 km².- History :Kami District is first recorded in the Nara Period as 賀美郡...

, Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...

, Japan
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of 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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As of 2003, the town has an estimated population
Population
In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...

 of 7,830 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. It is a key term used in geography....

 of 71.68 persons per km². The total area is 109.23 km².

Major roads

  • Route 457
    Route 457 (Japan)
    National Route 457 is a national highway of Japan connecting Ichinoseki, Iwate and Shiroishi, Miyagi in Japan, with a total length of 173.9 km ....