former Noto Town Office was a

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located in Fugeshi District,

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,596 and a

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of 91.76 persons per km². The total area was 115.48 km². On March 1, 2005, Noto absorbed the village of Yanagida (also from Fugeshi District), and the town of Uchiura (from Suzu District), to create the new town of Noto (in the newly created

Hōsu District, Ishikawa is a Districts of Japan, district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The current total area is 456.69 km2. The district has two towns. *Anamizu, Ishikawa, Anamizu *Noto, Ishikawa, Noto District History On March 1, 2005 the village of ...

, which was created at the same day) and no longer exists as in independent

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External links

Official website
Dissolved municipalities of Ishikawa Prefecture Noto, Ishikawa {{Ishikawa-geo-stub