was a
village
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located in
Yamabe District,
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, Wakayam ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 6,712 and a
density
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of 152.93 persons per km². The total area was 43.89 km².
On April 1, 2005, Tsuge, along with the village of
Tsukigase (from
Soekami District), was merged into the expanded city of
Nara
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.
Dissolved municipalities of Nara Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments in Japan
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