Minamikoma District in Yamanashi Prefecture

is a rural

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located in southern

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 ...

, Japan. As of July 2012, the district had an estimated

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of 39,636 and a

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of 40.3 persons per km². The total area was 984.47 km².

Towns and villages

The district currently consists of the following four towns: * Fujikawa * Hayakawa *

Minobu is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,674 in 5447 households, and a population density of 39 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Minobu is in south-central Yamanash ...

* Nanbu

History

Minamikoma District was founded during the early

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establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 22 villages.

Recent mergers

*On March 1, 2003 the town of Tomizawa merged into the new town of Nanbu. *On September 13, 2004 the town of

merged with the towns of Nakatomi and Shimobe, from Nishiyatsushiro District, to form the new town of

. *On March 8, 2010 the towns of Masuho and

Kajikazawa was a town located in Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,402 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. T ...

merged to form the new town of Fujikawa. Districts in Yamanashi Prefecture 1878 establishments in Japan {{Yamanashi-geo-stub