was a

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located in

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama P ...

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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 1,913 and a

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of 89.60 persons per km². The total area was 21.35 km².

Former towns and villages

* Tsukigase

Merger

* On April 1, 2005 - the village of Tsukigase, along with the Tsuge (from Yamabe District), was merged into the expanded city of

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. Soekami District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Former districts of Nara Prefecture {{Nara-geo-stub