Bitchū-chō (Japan)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Bitchū-chō (Japan)
Coordinates
E1332400 E1332400 N0344900 N0344900 (geonames )
Associated country
Japan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 154075717
Wikidata: Q4918792
Library of congress: nr2004023882
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 34°49ʹ00ʺN 133°24ʹ00ʺE)
  • Okubitchū no mukashibanashi, 1973:p. 18 (Okayama-ken Kawakami-gun Bitchū-chō)
  • Zenkoku shichōson yōran, 1984:(Okayama-ken Kawakami-gun Bitchū-chō)

Wikipedia description:

Bitchū (備中町, Bitchū-chō) was a town located in Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,893 and a density of 28.21 persons per km2. The total area was 102.56 km2. On October 1, 2004, Bitchū, along with the town of Ukan (from Jōbō District), and the towns of Kawakami and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

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