was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Ōhara District,
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 14,327 and a
density
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of 94.11 persons per km². The total area was 152.23 km².
On November 1, 2004, Daitō, along with the towns of
Kamo The name Kamo may refer to the following:
Places
Japan
(Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''duck'' in Japanese, but the following names do not necessarily mean ''duck'' and are not necessarily written with that character.)
* Kamo, N ...
and
Kisuki (all from
Ōhara District), the towns of
Kakeya and
Mitoya, and the village of
Yoshida (all from
Iishi District), was merged to create the city of
Unnan
is a city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The city belonged to Ohara District, which dissolved in 2004 after Unnan was established.
The modern city of Unnan was established on November 1, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Daitō, ...
.
The town's sister city is
Richmond, Indiana, USA.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Shimane Prefecture
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