is a rural
district
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located in southern
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 1 October 2020, the district had an estimated
population
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of 33,136 with a
density
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of 33,65 persons per km
2. The total area is 984.8 km
2.
Municipalities
The district consists of four towns:
*
Fujikawa
*
Hayakawa
*
Minobu
*
Nanbu
;Notes:
History
District Timeline
Minamikoma District was founded from the split of
Koma District during the early
Meiji period
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...
establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 22 villages.
Recent mergers
* On March 1, 2003 - The town of
Tomizawa was merged into the expanded town of
Nanbu.
* On September 13, 2004 - The towns of
Nakatomi and
Shimobe (from
Nishiyatsushiro District) were merged into the expanded town of
Minobu.
* On March 8, 2010 - The towns of
Masuho and
Kajikazawa were merged to form the new town of
Fujikawa.
References
Districts in Yamanashi Prefecture
1878 establishments in Japan
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