Sakai, Fukui (town)

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This article is about the former town of Sakai, in the former Sakai District, Fukui, Japan. For the newly created city, see Sakai, Fukui. For other uses, see Sakai.

Sakai (坂井町, -chō^?) was a town located in Sakai District, Fukui, Japan.

As of 2003, the town of Sakai had an estimated population of 13,082 and a density of 412.68 persons per km². The total area was 31.70 km².

[edit] Merger

The town of Sakai (坂井町, Sakai-chō^?) was merged into the city of Sakai (坂井市, Sakai-shi^?) on March 20, 2006. However, there still is a Sakai-chō in the newly created city of Sakai, having the same borders as the old Sakai-chō.