Miwa, Yamaguchi

Miwa (美和町, Miwa-chō) was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

This article is about the town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. There is another town with the same name in Aichi Prefecture, see Miwa, Aichi.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,062 and a density of 39.69 persons per km². The total area was 127.53 km².

On March 20, 2006, Miwa, along with the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni.

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