Tōwa-son (Japan)

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Name (Latin)
Tōwa-son (Japan)
Other forms of name
Tōwa-mura (Japan)
Coordinates
132.8533333 132.8533333 33.23377778 33.23377778 (gooearth )
E1325300 E1325300 N0331300 N0331300 (geonames )
Associated country
Japan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 150173715
Wikidata: Q11404926
Library of congress: n 85355107
Sources of Information
  • Col. gaz., Jan. 29, 2026(Towa; village; Kochi, Japan; 33°13ʹN 132°51ʹE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 33°13ʹ00ʺN 132°53ʹ00ʺE)
  • JTNDL in VIAF, Jan. 29, 2026(access point: 十和村 (高知県) = Tōwa-mura (Kōchi-ken); r)
  • Nihon rekishi chimei taikei, Jan. 28, 2026(四万十町 = Shimanto-chō; r; formed, Mar. 20, 2006, through merger of 高岡郡窪川町 = Takaoka-gun Kubokawa-chō 幡多郡大正町 = Hata-gun Taishō-chō and 十和村 = Tōwa-son)
  • Tōwa sonshi, 1984:colophon (loc.: Kōchi-ken Hata-gun Tōwa-son)
  • Zenkoku shichōson yōran, 1982(Tōwa-son; in Kōchi-ken; in 1957 Shōwa-son [no publs. in LC data base] and Tōkawa-mura [no publs. in LC data base] merged to form Tōwa-son)
  • Nihon bunken chisu, 1983(Tōwa-son)

Wikipedia description:

Tōwa (十和村, Tōwa-son) was a village located in Hata District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,399 and a density of 20.64 persons per km2. The total area was 164.66 km2. On March 20, 2006, Tōwa, along with the town of Kubokawa (from Takaoka District), and the town of Taishō (also from Hata District), was merged to create the town of Shimanto (in Takaoka District) and no longer exists as in independent municipality.

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