is a

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located in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

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. Following the Tamana merger (but with 2003 population estimates), the district has an estimated

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of 47,029 and the

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of 222 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 211.54 km².

Towns and villages

* Gyokutō * Nagasu * Nagomi * Nankan

Mergers

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.'' *On October 3, 2005 the towns of Taimei, Tensui and Yokoshima merged into the expanded

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of Tamana. *On March 1, 2006 the towns of Kikusui and Mikawa merged to form the new town of Nagomi. Districts in Kumamoto Prefecture {{Kumamoto-geo-stub