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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 ...

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. As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population of 28,171 and a density of 84.6 persons/km². The total area is 332.93 km².

Towns and villages

* Katsuragi * Kōya * Kudoyama

Timeline

* On October 1, 2005 the village of Hanazono merged into the town of Katsuragi. (4 towns) * On March 1, 2006 the town of Kōyaguchi merged with the old city of Hashimoto to form the new city of Hashimoto. (3 towns) Districts in Wakayama Prefecture {{Wakayama-geo-stub