Saigawa, Fukuoka

dissolved municipality in Miyako district, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Saigawa (犀川町, Saigawa-machi) was a Japanese town in the Miyako District of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.[1]

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,268 and a density of 74.16 persons per km². The total area was 98.00 km².

On March 20, 2006 Saigawa was merged with the towns of Katsuyama and Toyotsu. Each became part of the new town of Miyako.

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  1. Japan-101, "Saigawa" Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine; Archived Saigawa website (in Japanese); retrieved 2012-3-20.

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