was a
district
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located in
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2004, the district had an estimated
population
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of 10,701. The total area was 79.27 km
2.
Until the day before the district dissolved (October 31, 2005), the district has only two municipalities left.
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Katsunuma
*
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.
Japanese his ...
Mergers
*On October 12, 2004 - the town of
Kasugai was merged with the towns of
Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14.
The term gave rise t ...
,
Isawa,
Misaka and
Yatsushiro
is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
Located at the geographic center of Kyushu, Yatsushiro City is situated on the aptly named Yatsushiro Sea in between Kumamoto and Ashikita City.
Climate
Yatsushiro has a humid subtro ...
, the village of
Sakaigawa (all from
Higashiyatsushiro District), to create the city of
Fuefuki
270px, Ichinomiya Asama Shrine
is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 69,463 in 29,406 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Fuefuki is ...
.
*On March 22, 2005 - the town of
Makioka, and the village of
Mitomi were merged into the expanded city of
Yamanashi.
*On November 1, 2005 - the towns of
Katsunuma and
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.
Japanese his ...
were merged with the city of
Enzan
was a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 5, 1954.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 25,856 and the density of 139.96 persons per km². The total area was 184.74 km².
History
On Novem ...
to create the city of
Kōshū. Higashiyamanashi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
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Former districts of Yamanashi Prefecture