# Mabi, Okayama

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Dissolved municipality in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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**Mabi** (真備町, *Mabi-chō*) was a [town](/source/List_of_towns_in_Japan) located in [Kibi District](/source/Kibi_District%2C_Okayama), [Okayama Prefecture](/source/Okayama_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan).

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,927 and a [density](/source/Population_density) of 520.12 persons per km2. The total area was 44.08 km2.

On August 1, 2005, Mabi, along with the town of [Funao](/source/Funao%2C_Okayama) (from [Asakuchi District](/source/Asakuchi_District%2C_Okayama)), was merged into the expanded city of [Kurashiki](/source/Kurashiki%2C_Okayama).

Mabi is famous for its historical ties to [Kibi no Makibi](/source/Kibi_no_Makibi), a Nara period noble and scholar credited with bringing the game of [Go](/source/Go_(game)) to Japan. Sites associated with Kibi no Makibi in Mabi include the Makibi Memorial Museum and Makibi Park.[1]

Floods caused by heavy rains in southwestern Japan in the summer of 2018 killed at least 46 residents.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["MABI AREA/Website of sightseeing in Kurashiki/倉敷観光WEB英語版"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120807210810/http://www.kurashiki-tabi.jp/for/en/kanko_map_mabi.html). *www.kurashiki-tabi.jp*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kurashiki-tabi.jp/for/en/kanko_map_mabi.html) on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["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"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180711060826/http://www.sanyonews.jp/article/749201/1/). Archived from [the original](http://www.sanyonews.jp/article/749201/1/) on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-11.

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