Tsurugi, Ishikawa | |
Native Name: | 鶴来町 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name1: | Ishikawa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ishikawa District, Ishikawa |
was a town located in Ishikawa District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,103 and a density of 620.17 persons per km2. The total area was 35.64 km2.
On February 1, 2005, Tsurugi, along with the city of Mattō, the town of Mikawa, and the villages of Kawachi, Oguchi, Shiramine, Torigoe and Yoshinodani (all from Ishikawa District), was merged to create the city of Hakusan and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1]