Yamagata District in Hiroshima Prefecture

is a

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located in northwestern

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

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. As of 2003, the district has an estimated

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of 29,978 and a

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of 30.34 persons per km². The total area is 988.11 km².

Towns and villages

* Akiōta: founded on October 1, 2004 from the merger of the towns of

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and Togouchi, and the village of Tsutsuga * Kitahiroshima: founded on February 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Chiyoda, Geihoku, Ōasa and Toyohira Districts in Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub