Mitsugi, Hiroshima Explained

was a town located in Mitsugi District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 8,144 and the density of 98.14 persons per km². The total area was 82.98 km².

On March 28, 2005, Mitsugi, along with the town of Mukaishima (also from Mitsugi District), was merged into the expanded city of Onomichi.^[1]

Mitsugi is divided into seven hamlets: Kamikawabe, Ichi, Kawachi, Imatsuno, Ayame, Yamato and Sugano.

Points of interest in the town include:

• The bus station, a roadside station
• The children's library
• The Entsuba Memorial Museum.

The town's special product is dried persimmons.

The town was founded on February 1, 1955.

External links

• Onomichi official website

Notes and References

1. Book: 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 . 2005 . 総務庁統計局 . 147 . ja . Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register.