Ōmishima, Ehime

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Ōmishima 大三島町
Town
Ōmishima Bridge, leading to Hakata
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Ehime
District	Ochi
Merged	January 16, 2005 (now part of Imabari)
Area
• Total	43.33 km2 (16.73 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	4,006
• Density	92.45/km2 (239.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Ōmishima (大三島町, Ōmishima-chō) was a town located in Ōmishima Island, Ochi District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,006 and a density of 92.45 persons per km². The total area was 43.33 km².

On January 16, 2005, Ōmishima, along with the towns of Hakata, Kamiura, Kikuma, Miyakubo, Namikata, Ōnishi, Tamagawa and Yoshiumi, and the villages of Asakura and Sekizen (all from Ochi District), was merged into the expanded city of Imabari and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

The island is the home of Ōyamazumi Shrine.

External links[]

• Official website of Imabari in Japanese

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