The municipality consisted of the four inhabited islands of Yugeshima, Sashima, Teshima, and Hyakkanjima. The town office was located in Yugeshima (now Kamishima Town Hall).
Yugeshima Village was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on December 15, 1889. In September 1895, Uoshima became a separate village. Yuge was elevated to town status on January 1, 1953.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,683 and a density of 312.91 persons per km2. The total area was 11.77 km2.
yuge, ehime, yuge, 弓削町, yuge, chō, town, located, ochi, district, ehime, prefecture, japan, 弓削町, yuge, chōtownkamiyuge, hamletcountry, japanregionshikokuislandshikokuprefectureehimedistrictochielevated, townjanuary, 1953merged, into, kamijimaoctober, 2004popul. Yuge 弓削町 Yuge chō was a town located in Ochi District Ehime Prefecture Japan Yuge Ehime 弓削町 Yuge chōTownKamiyuge hamletCountry JapanRegionShikokuIslandShikokuPrefectureEhimeDistrictOchiElevated to townJanuary 1 1953Merged into KamijimaOctober 1 2004Population 2003 Total3 683The municipality consisted of the four inhabited islands of Yugeshima Sashima Teshima and Hyakkanjima The town office was located in Yugeshima now Kamishima Town Hall Yugeshima Village was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on December 15 1889 In September 1895 Uoshima became a separate village Yuge was elevated to town status on January 1 1953 As of 2003 the town had an estimated population of 3 683 and a density of 312 91 persons per km2 The total area was 11 77 km2 On October 1 2004 Yuge along with the villages of Ikina Iwagi and Uoshima all from Ochi District was merged to create the town of Kamijima and no longer exists as an independent municipality External links editOfficial website of Kamijima in Japanese nbsp This Ehime Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yuge Ehime amp oldid 1215688408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
