Uchiumi, Ehime

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Uchiumi (内海村 Uchiumi-mura?) was a village located in Minamiuwa District, Ehime, Japan. Pearl culturing flourishes here, as Uchiumi produces the highest pearl output in Japan.

On October 1, 2004 all the towns of Minamiuwa (Jōhen, Mishō, Nishiumi, Uchiumi, and Ipponmatsu) merged together to form a single larger town, Ainan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,351 and a density of 119.10 persons per km². The total area was 19.74 km².

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