Sakai, Fukui (town)

This article is about the former town. For the city, see Sakai, Fukui. For the district, see Sakai District, Fukui.

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

On March 20, 2006, Sakai (坂井町 Sakai-chō) absorbed the towns of Harue, Maruoka and Mikuni (all from Sakai District) to create the city of Sakai (坂井市 Sakai-shi). However, there still is a Sakai-chō in the newly created city of Sakai, having the same borders as the old Sakai-chō.

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