Takino, Hyōgo
dissolved municipality in Katō district, Hyōgo prefecture, Japan
Takino (滝野町, Takino-chō) was a town located in Katō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,807 and a density of 597.22 persons per km2. The total area was 19.77 km2.
On March 20, 2006, Takino, along with the towns of Tōjō and Yashiro (all from Katō District), was merged to create the city of Katō.
Takino's former sister city was Hollister, California.
The public source identifies “Takino, Hyōgo” as dissolved municipality in Katō district, Hyōgo prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Takino, Hyōgo and dissolved.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2048813. VIAF identifies the subject as 252051078. Authority coordinates are 34.938, 134.945. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2006.
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This entry incorporates text from “Takino, Hyōgo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.