was a
village
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located in
Iwami District,
Tottori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hirosh ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 3,399 and a
density
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of 97.28 persons per km². The total area was 34.94 km².
On November 1, 2004, Fukube, along with the town of
Kokufu are the capitals of the historical Provinces of Japan.
History
As part of the Taika Reform (645) which aimed at a centralization of the administration following the Chinese model (''ritsuryō''), the kokufu and with it the office of the kokush ...
(from
Iwami District), the towns of
Aoya,
Ketaka and
Shikano (all from
Ketaka District
was a district located in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 22,283 and a density of 143.75 persons per km2. The total area was 155.01 km2.
Former towns and villages
* Aoya
* Ketaka
* Shika ...
), the towns of
Kawahara and
Mochigase, and the village of
Saji (all from
Yazu District), was merged into the expanded city of
Tottori.
External links
Tottori City official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture
Tottori, Tottori
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