was a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
located in
Kanoashi District,
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamag ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 1,789 and a
density
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of 12.99 persons per km². The total area was 137.72 km².
On October 1, 2005, Kakinoki, along with the village of
Muikaichi (also from
Kanoashi District), were merged to create the town of
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People
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*Yoshika Arai (born 1982), Japanese steeplechase runner
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.
External links
The official website for Kakinoki
Dissolved municipalities of Shimane Prefecture
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