was a
town
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Origin and use
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located in
Yazu 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, Hiro ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 4,143 and a
density
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of 50.77 persons per km
2. The total area was 81.60 km
2.
On November 1, 2004, Mochigase, along with the town of
Kokufu, the village of
Fukube (both from
Iwami District), the towns of
Aoya,
Ketaka and
Shikano (all from
Ketaka District), the town of
Kawahara, and the village of
Saji (all from
Yazu District), was merged into the expanded city of
Tottori.
Mount Misumi is located within the former boundaries of Mochigase.
External links
Tottori City official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture
Tottori, Tottori
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