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| | Ainan, Ehime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | On October 1, 2004 all the towns of Minamiuwa District, Ehime (Johen, Ehime, Misho, Ehime, Nishiumi, Ehime, Uchiumi, Ehime, and Ipponmatsu, Ehime,) merged together to form a larger town, Ainan, Ehime. |
 | | Each of the towns retained their name as a district of the larger Ainan, Ehime. |
 | | This larger municipality, however, is now eligible to receive more government funding, and so this decision is very appealing to many small village clusters like the ones in Minamiuwa District, Ehime. |
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