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Minami-Echizen Town
Fukui Prefecture · Town
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Minami-Echizen Town, in the middle of the prefecture at the southern end of Reihoku, was a key transport point linking Kinki and Hokuriku. The Imajo-juku post town, a nationally protected historic district, Kitamaebune shipowners' villages and tunnels of the old Hokuriku Line remain. In winter, Echizen narcissus bloom on the Echizen Coast.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Fukui Prefecture
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