![Ishikawa Hakui-gun 1889](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Ishikawa_Hakui-gun_1889.png)
is a
district
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located in
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated
population
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of 39,888 and a
density
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of 111.35 persons per km
2. The total area is 358.23 km
2.
Towns and villages
The district has two towns:
*
Hōdatsushimizu
*
Shika
History
Recent mergers
* On March 1, 2005 - The towns of
Oshimizu and
Shio were merged to form the town of
Hōdatsushimizu.
* On September 1, 2005 - The town of
Togi was merged into the expanded town of
Shika.
Districts in Ishikawa Prefecture
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