Shiramine, Ishikawa

Shiramine (白峰村, Shiramine-mura) was a village located in Ishikawa District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,131 and a density of 5.11 persons per km². The total area was 221.50 km².

On February 1, 2005, Shiramine, along with the city of Mattō, the towns of Mikawa and Tsurugi, and the villages of Kawachi, Oguchi, Torigoe and Yoshinodani (all from Ishikawa District), was merged to create the city of Hakusan and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

See also

Groups of Traditional Buildings

External links

Official website of Hakusan (in Japanese)

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