was a
village
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located in
Hita District,
Ōita,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 1,300 and the
density
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of 15.87 persons per km
2. The total area was 81.91 km
2.
On March 22, 2005, Nakatsue, along with the towns of
Amagase and
Ōyama, and the villages of
Kamitsue and
Maetsue (all from
Hita District), was merged into the expanded city of
Hita.
The town attracted national attention when it served as the base camp for the
Cameroon national football team
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before the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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. When the team arrived several days behind schedule, the town's plight briefly became a top news story in
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 ...
.
Home of Taio Kinzan Gold Mine
Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture
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