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{{Short description|Dissolved municipality in Fukui prefecture, Japan}}
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{{nihongo|'''Takefu'''|武生市|Takefu-shi}} was a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in [[Fukui Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. The city was established on April 1, 1948.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated [[population]] of 73,662 and a [[population density|density]] of 397.49 persons per km<sup>2</sup>; about half the population lived in the urban center and half spread among smaller towns and tiny villages spread out among agricultural plains and more remote mountainous areas. The total area was 185.32&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

On October 1, 2005, Takefu, along with the town of [[Imadate, Fukui|Imadate]] (from [[Imadate District, Fukui|Imadate District]]), was merged to create the city of [[Echizen, Fukui|Echizen]].

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