{{Short description|Dissolved municipality in Okayama Prefecture, Japan}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2015}}
{{nihongo|'''Mabi'''|真備町|Mabi-chō}} was a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Kibi District, Okayama|Kibi District]], [[Okayama Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,927 and a [[population density|density]] of 520.12 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 44.08 km<sup>2</sup>.
On August 1, 2005, Mabi, along with the town of [[Funao, Okayama|Funao]] (from [[Asakuchi District, Okayama|Asakuchi District]]), was merged into the expanded city of [[Kurashiki, Okayama|Kurashiki]].
Mabi is famous for its historical ties to [[Kibi no Makibi]], a Nara period noble and scholar credited with bringing the game of [[Go (game)|Go]] to Japan. Sites associated with Kibi no Makibi in Mabi include the Makibi Memorial Museum and Makibi Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurashiki-tabi.jp/for/en/kanko_map_mabi.html |title=MABI AREA/Website of sightseeing in Kurashiki/倉敷観光WEB英語版 |website=www.kurashiki-tabi.jp |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807210810/http://www.kurashiki-tabi.jp/for/en/kanko_map_mabi.html |archive-date=7 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Floods caused by heavy rains in southwestern Japan in the summer of 2018 killed at least 46 residents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanyonews.jp/article/749201/1/ |title=真備で１８遺体、県内死者５４人 西日本豪雨の被害さらに拡大か： 山陽新聞デジタル｜さんデジ |access-date=2018-07-11 |archive-date=2018-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711060826/http://www.sanyonews.jp/article/749201/1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[Category:Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture]] [[Category:Kurashiki]]
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