was a
district
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located in
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 64,104 and a
density
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of 96.44 persons per km
2. The total area was 664.70 km
2.
Towns and villages
Merged forming the city of Kami:
*
Kahoku
*
Monobe
*
Tosayamada
Merged forming the city of Kōnan:
*
Akaoka
*
Kagami
*
Noichi
*
Yasu
*
Yoshikawa
Mergers
* On March 1, 2006 - the towns of
Akaoka,
Kagami,
Noichi and
Yasu, and the village of
Yoshikawa were merged to create the city of
Kōnan.
* On March 1, 2006 - the towns of
Kahoku and
Tosayamada, and the village of
Monobe were merged to create the city of
Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...
. Kami District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Former districts of Kōchi Prefecture
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