On April 1, 1889 the villages of Kazahaya and Tega were established within the district of Minamisōma District, Chiba. On April 1, 1897, Minamisōma District merged with Higashikatsushika District. Shōnan Village was formed on March 30, 1955. through the merger of Kazahaya and Tega. On February 1, 1964 Shōnan was elevated to town status.
On March 28, 2005, Shōnan was merged into the expanded city of Kashiwa, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.
In April 2005 (the last data available before its merger into Kashiwa), the town had an estimated population of 46,875 and a population density of 1116 persons per km². Its total area was 41.99 km².
External linksedit
Kashiwa official website (in Japanese)
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shōnan, chiba, shōnan, 沼南町, shōnan, machi, town, located, higashikatsushika, district, chiba, prefecture, japan, shōnan, 沼南町former, municipalitycountryjapanregionkantōprefecturechiba, prefecturedistricthigashikatsushikamergedmarch, 2005, part, kashiwa, area, t. Shōnan 沼南町 Shōnan machi was a town located in Higashikatsushika District Chiba Prefecture Japan Shōnan 沼南町Former municipalityCountryJapanRegionKantōPrefectureChiba PrefectureDistrictHigashikatsushikaMergedMarch 28 2005 now part of Kashiwa Area Total41 99 km2 16 21 sq mi Population April 2005 Total46 875 Density1 116 km2 2 890 sq mi Time zoneUTC 09 00 JST SymbolsFlowerSunflowerTreeCastanopsisOn April 1 1889 the villages of Kazahaya and Tega were established within the district of Minamisōma District Chiba On April 1 1897 Minamisōma District merged with Higashikatsushika District Shōnan Village was formed on March 30 1955 through the merger of Kazahaya and Tega On February 1 1964 Shōnan was elevated to town status On March 28 2005 Shōnan was merged into the expanded city of Kashiwa and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality In April 2005 the last data available before its merger into Kashiwa the town had an estimated population of 46 875 and a population density of 1116 persons per km Its total area was 41 99 km External links editKashiwa official website in Japanese nbsp This Chiba Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shōnan Chiba amp oldid 1041759371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
