is a

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located in Suzu 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

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of 7,332 and a

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of 136.21 persons per km². The total area was 53.83 km². On March 1, 2005, Uchiura, along with the former town of

Noto Noto ( scn, Notu; la, Netum) is a city and in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains. It lends its name to the surrounding area Val di Noto. In 2002 Noto and i ...

, and the village of

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(both from Fugeshi District), was merged to create the new town of

(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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. This place was quite small and has a small body of water near it.

References

External links

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