was a
village
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located in
Nishimuro District,
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 3,280 and a
density
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of 14.97 persons per km
2. The total area was 219.06 km
2.
On May 1, 2005 Ōtō, along with the village of
Ryūjin
Ryūjin ( 龍神, ), which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape. Many believed the god had knowledge o ...
(from
Hidaka District There are 2 districts in Japan with the same name.
* Hidaka District, Wakayama
* Hidaka District, Hokkaido
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), the town of
Nakahechi (also from
Nishimuro District), and the town of
Hongū (from
Higashimuro District), was merged into the expanded city of
Tanabe.
Ōtō is made up of 3 smaller areas (hamlets/localities) within the village boundary. The areas are called
Ayukawa,
Tomisato and
Mikawabr>
Dissolved municipalities of Wakayama Prefecture
Tanabe, Wakayama
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