Ueki (植木町, Ueki-machi) was a town located in Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
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On March 23, 2010, Ueki, along with the town of Jōnan (from Shimomashiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1] As of April 1, 2012, the area is part of the Kita-ku ward.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 31,088 and a density of 472.39 persons/km² (293.59 persons/sq mi). The total area was 65.81 km2 (40.90 sq mi).
Ueki was famous for watermelons.
Notes and references
edit- ^ "都道府県別市町村変更情報:福岡 Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine." kokudo.or.jp. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
External links
edit- Kumamoto City official website (in Japanese)