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Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated Population of 56,219 and a Density of 85.8 persons/km². The total area is 655.49 km².

Towns and villages

* Hidaka * Hidakagawa * Inami * Mihama * Minabe * Yura

Merger

*On October 1, 2004 the village of Minabegawa merged into the expanded town of Minabe. *On May 1, 2005 the towns of Kawabe, Nakatsu and Miyama merged to form the new town of Hidakagawa. *On May 1, 2005 the village of

Ryūjin Ryūjin ( 龍神), which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape. Many believed the god had knowledge on ...

merged into the city of Tanabe. Districts in Wakayama Prefecture {{Wakayama-geo-stub