Kitatsuru District in Yamanashi Prefecture

is a rural

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located in northeastern

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 ...

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. As of July 2012, the district had an estimated population of 1,406 and a

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of 9.12 persons per km². The total area was 154.2 km². The district formerly included the city of

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and a portion of the city of

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. It currently consists of the following two villages: * Kosuge *

Tabayama is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 529, and a population density of 5.79 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Located in the northeastern corner of Yamana ...

History

Kitatsuru District was founded during the early

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establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 18 villages. Uenohara was elevated to town status on December 27, 1897, followed by Ōtsuki on April 1, 1933. Saruhashi became a town on April 1, 1935, followed by Shippo on April 1, 1954. However, on August 8, 1954, Shippo and Saruhashi merged with Ōtsuki to form the city of Ōtsuki. On February 13, 2005 the town of

merged with the village of

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from Minamitsuru District to form the city of Uenohara. Districts in Yamanashi Prefecture {{Yamanashi-geo-stub