is 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 2006, the district has a
population
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of 20,909 according to the 2020 Census. The total area is 9.15 km
2.
The district has only one town.
*
Shōwa
District Timeline
*On April 1, 2003 the towns of
Shirane,
Wakakusa,
Kushigata and
Kōsai
was a former monk of the Tendai Buddhist sect and controversial disciple of Hōnen who advocated the that led to his public censure, his later expulsion by Hōnen and eventual exile to Shikoku. Kōsai taught that one recitation of Amitabha Budd ...
, and the villages of
Hatta and
Ashiyasu merged to form the new city of
Minami-Alps.
*On September 1, 2004 the towns of
Ryūō
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The Ryūō Tournament (''Ryūō-s ...
and
Shikishima merged with the town of
Futaba, from
Kitakoma District, to form the new city of
Kai.
*On February 20, 2006 the towns of
Tamaho and
Tatomi merged with the village of
Toyotomi
The was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese people, Japanese before the Edo period.
Unity and conflict
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, from
Higashiyatsushiro District, to form the new city of
Chūō.
Districts in Yamanashi Prefecture
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