Chūka (中和村, Chūka-son) was a village located in Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 800 and a density of 16.76 persons per km2. The total area was 47.73 km2.
On March 31, 2005, Chūka, along with the town of Hokubō (from Jōbō District), and towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Kawakami, Mikamo and Yatsuka (all from Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of Maniwa.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "真庭市の概要 - 真庭市公式ホームページ". Maniwa City. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
真庭市は、平成17年3月31日に当時の真庭郡勝山町、落合町、湯原町、久世町、美甘村、川上村、八束村、中和村及び上房郡北房町の9町村が合併して誕生しました。
- ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 147.
Hokubo-cho, Katsuyama-cho, Ochiai-cho, Yubara-cho, Kuse-cho, Mikamo-son, Kawakami-son, Yatsuka-son and Chuka-son were incorporated into a newly established Maniwa-shi as of March 31, 2005.