is a
district
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located in
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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.
As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated
population
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of 16,742. The total area is 53.64 km
2.
Currently, there is only one town in this district.
*
Sakaki
Mergers
*On September 1, 2003 the town of
Togura merged with the town of
Kamiyamada, from
Sarashina District, and the city of
Koshoku to form the new city of
Chikuma.
Districts in Nagano Prefecture
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