Hiraka

Hiraka was a city placed in Minamitsugaru District in significant Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Hiraka changed into founded on March 1, 1955 via the merger of the towns of Taikoji and Kashiwagi with the villages of Takedate, Ozaki and Machiya. On January 1, 2006, Hiraka, at the side of the town of Onoe, and the village of Ikarigaseki all from Minamitsugaru District, become merged to create the new metropolis of Hirakawa, and accordingly now not exists as an independent municipality.

An inland village, Hiraka had an agriculture-based totally economic system and changed into cited for its production of apples. At the time of its merger, Hiraka had an estimated populace of 22,053 and a population density of 99.5 people according to km2. The overall area changed into 221.61 km2. Hiraka changed into served through Route 102 Japan and Route 454 Japan highways, as well as by four stations at the Konan Railway Konan Line.