2-501: Tomobe ( 友部町 , Tomobe-machi ) was a town located in Nishiibaraki District , Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 35,657 and a density of 607.34 persons per km. The total area was 58.71 km. On March 19, 2006, Tomobe, along with the town of Iwama (also from Nishiibaraki District ), was merged into the expanded city of Kasama . The former Tomobe Town Hall
4-581: Is now converted into the new Kasama City Hall because prior to the merger, Tomobe had more people than the old city of Kasama. This Ibaraki Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of towns in Japan A town (町; chō or machi ) is a local administrative unit in Japan . It is a local public body along with prefecture ( ken or other equivalents) , city ( shi ) , and village ( mura ) . Geographically,
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