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Abiko

Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Abiko is a town placed in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the town has an expected population of 132,999, and a population density of 3080 individuals in step with km2. The general place is 43.19 km. The place round Abiko has been inhabited when you consider that Japanese Paleolithic instances, and archaeologists have found stone equipment dated from 30,000 years in the past. During the Edo period, Abiko changed into a river port on the Tone River and a submit station at the Mito Kaido, a dual carriageway connecting Edo with Mito.

After the Meiji Restoration, Abiko Town became created in Minamisoma District, Chiba Prefecture on April 1, 1889, together with the town of Fusa and village of Kohoku. Abiko become transferred to Higashikatsushika District in 1897. On November 1, 1954, it annexed neighboring Tomise village from the equal district. On April 29, 1955, Abiko annexed Fusa Town and Kohoku Village. Abiko performed metropolis fame on July 1, 1970.

In 2003, a proposal to merge Abiko with neighboring metropolis of Kashiwa and the town of Shonan turned into defeated by using a public referendum. Parts of the city had been damaged with the aid of soil liquefaction due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Abiko is a local business center and a bedroom community for close by Chiba and Tokyo.

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