was a
district
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located in
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
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of 64,104 and a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ...
of 96.44 persons per km
2. The total area was 664.70 km
2.
Towns and villages
Merged forming the city of Kami:
*
Kahoku
*
Monobe
*
Tosayamada
Merged forming the city of Kōnan:
*
Akaoka
*
Kagami
*
Noichi
*
Yasu
*
Yoshikawa
Mergers
* On March 1, 2006 - the towns of
Akaoka,
Kagami,
Noichi and
Yasu, and the village of
Yoshikawa were merged to create the city of
Kōnan.
* On March 1, 2006 - the towns of
Kahoku and
Tosayamada, and the village of
Monobe were merged to create the city of
Kami
are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...
. Kami District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Kōchi Prefecture
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