Takefu, Fukui
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was a city
located in Fukui
, Japan
. The city was established on April 1, 1948.
On October 1, 2005 Takefu was merged with the town of Imadate
, from Imadate District
, to form the new city of Echizen
.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated population
of 73,662 and a density
of 397.49 persons per km²; about half the population lived in the urban center and half spread among smaller towns and tiny villages spread out among agricultural plains and more remote mountainous areas. The total area was 185.32 km².
Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located in Fukui
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
, 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...
. The city was established on April 1, 1948.
On October 1, 2005 Takefu was merged with the town of Imadate
Imadate, Fukui
was a town located in Imadate District, Fukui, Japan.Established in Shōwa 31 , Imadate was a fairly well-renowned center of Japanese paper making, or washi...
, from Imadate District
Imadate District, Fukui
Imadate is a district located in Fukui, Japan.As of October 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 3,405 and a density of 17.49 persons per km². The total area is 194.72 km².- Merger :...
, to form the new city of Echizen
Echizen, Fukui
is a city in Fukui, Japan.Echizen took its present form on October 1, 2005, when the city of Takefu and the town of Imadate merged to form the new city, although the Echizen Basin has been an important regional center for over 1,500 years. It has many former castle sites and prehistoric...
.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated population
Population
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of 73,662 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 397.49 persons per km²; about half the population lived in the urban center and half spread among smaller towns and tiny villages spread out among agricultural plains and more remote mountainous areas. The total area was 185.32 km².