is a

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located in

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hirosh ...

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. As of 2003, the district has an estimated

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of 50,436 and a

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of 135.28 persons per km². The total area is 372.83 km².

Towns and villages

* Daisen * Hiezu *

Hōki was a after '' Jingo-keiun'' and before ''Ten'ō''. This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 770 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The p ...

* Nanbu

Mergers

*On October 1, 2004 the towns of Saihaku and Aimi merged to form the new town of Nanbu. *On January 1, 2005 the town of Kishimoto merged with the town of Mizokuchi from Hino District to form the new town of

in Saihaku District. *On March 28, 2005 the towns of Nakayama and

Nawa Nawa may refer to: * Nawa, Rajasthan, a city and Tehsil in Nagaur district in the Indian State of Rajasthan * Nawa District, a district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan * Nawa, Afghanistan, a town in the central part of Nawa District, in Ghazni Pr ...

merged into the town of Daisen. *On March 31, 2005 the town of Yodoe merged into the city of

Yonago is a Cities of Japan, city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan and making up part of the boundary of Nakaumi, Lake Nakaumi. It is adjacent to Shimane Prefecture and across the lake from its capital of Matsue. It is the p ...

. Districts in Tottori Prefecture {{Tottori-geo-stub