Hakata (伯方町,Hakata-chō) was atown located inOchi District,Ehime Prefecture,Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimatedpopulation of 7,683 and adensity of 368.31 persons per km2. The total area was 20.86 km2.
On January 16, 2005, Hakata, along with the towns ofKamiura,Kikuma,Miyakubo,Namikata,Ōmishima,Ōnishi,Tamagawa andYoshiumi, and the villages ofAsakura andSekizen (all fromOchi District), was merged into the expanded city ofImabari and no longer exists as an independentmunicipality.
Hakata was located on one of the islands of theGeiyo archipelago in theSeto Inland Sea, northeast of Imabari.34°12′16″N133°6′42″E / 34.20444°N 133.11167°E /34.20444; 133.11167
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