'Minobu' (身延町; -chou) is a
town located in
Minamikoma District,
Yamanashi,
Japan.
As of
2003, the town had an estimated
population of 7,672 and a
density of 58.51 persons per
km². The total area was 131.12 km².
On
September 13,
2004, the town merged with the towns
Nakatomi and
Shimobe forming a larger town also called Minobu with a total area of 304.83 km². As of
July 31,
2004 the estimated total population of the three towns that merged is 17,277.
External links
★
Minobu official website (in Japanese)