![NakamichiTown-YamanashiPref](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/NakamichiTown-YamanashiPref.png)
was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Higashiyatsushiro District,
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
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
As of 2003, the town has 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 5,632 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
of 267.94 persons per km². The total area is 21.02 km².
History
On March 1, 2006, Nakamichi, along with the northern part of the village of
Kamikuishiki (the localities of ''Furuseki'' and ''Kakehashi'') (from
Nishiyatsushiro District), was merged into the expanded city of
Kōfu
is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 187,985 in 90,924 households, and a population density of 880 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Overview Toponymy
Kōfu's name means "c ...
.
External links
Kōfu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Yamanashi Prefecture
Kōfu, Yamanashi
{{Yamanashi-geo-stub