Sonobe, Kyoto
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Sonobe (園部町, Sonobe-chō) was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,958 and a population density of 164.99 people per km². The total area was 102.78 km².
On January 1 2006, Sonobe, along with the towns of Hiyoshi and Yagi (all from Funai District), and the town of Miyama (from Kitakuwada District), was merged to create the city of Nantan.
Sonobe served as the administrative center of Nantan. It is the home town of the video game designer and Nintendo's representative director Shigeru Miyamoto.
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<gallery> Image:Sonobe Sunset from Sonobe Ohashi.JPG|Sonobe Sunset
External links[]
- Official website of Nantan (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Kyoto geography stubs
- Populated places disestablished in 2006
- Dissolved municipalities of Kyoto Prefecture
- 2006 disestablishments in Japan