Hirukawa (蛭川村, Hirukawa-mura) was a village located in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,806 and a density of 84.92 persons per km2. The total area was 44.82 km2.
On February 13, 2005, Hirukawa, along with the towns of Fukuoka, Sakashita and Tsukechi, the villages of Kashimo and Kawaue (all from Ena District), and the village of Yamaguchi (from Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture), was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1]
References
edit- ^ "中津川市紹介（HP版）07.03.27" (PDF). Nakatsugawa official website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 19, 2011.
External links
edit- Official website of Nakatsugawa (in Japanese)
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