was a
town
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Origin and use
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located in
Tōhaku 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 town had an estimated
population
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of 8,011 and a
population density
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of 655.03 persons per km
2. The total area was 12.23 km
2.
On October 1, 2004, Hawai, along with the town of
Tōgō, and the village of
Tomari (all from
Tōhaku District), was merged to create the town of
Yurihama
is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of October 31, 2019, the town had an estimated population of 16,837 and a density of 216 persons per km2. The total area is 77.95 km2.
Yurihama was created on October 1, ...
.
External links
Yurihama town website
Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture
Tōhaku District, Tottori
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