Taihei, Fukuoka
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was a village
Villages of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

 located in Chikujō District
Chikujo District, Fukuoka
is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,695 and a density of 195.79 persons per square kilometer...

, Fukuoka
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen....

, 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 October 11, 2005 Taihei was merged with the village of Shin'yoshitomi, also from Chikujō District
Chikujo District, Fukuoka
is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,695 and a density of 195.79 persons per square kilometer...

, to form the new town of Kōge
Koge, Fukuoka
is a town located in Chikujō District, Fukuoka, Japan.The town was founded on October 11, 2005 by the merger of the villages of Shin'yoshitomi and Taihei, all from Chikujō District....

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As of 2003, the village had an estimated population
Population
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 of 4,075 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...

of 83.23 persons per km². The total area was 48.96 km².
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