Shinjo, Nara
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was a town
Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Kitakatsuragi District
Kitakatsuragi District, Nara
Kitakatsuragi is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 134,816 and a density of 1,886.07 persons per km². The total area is 71.48 km².-Towns and villages:*Kanmaki*Kawai...

, Nara Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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On October 1, 2004 Shinjō was merged with the town of Taima
Taima, Nara
was a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.On October 1, 2004 Taima was merged with the town of Shinjō, also from Kitakatsuragi District, to form the new city of Katsuragi....

, also from Kitakatsuragi District
Kitakatsuragi District, Nara
Kitakatsuragi is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 134,816 and a density of 1,886.07 persons per km². The total area is 71.48 km².-Towns and villages:*Kanmaki*Kawai...

, to form the new city of Katsuragi
Katsuragi, Nara
is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 35,622 and a density of 1060 persons per km². The total area is 33.73 km²....

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