Nakahechi (, Latn, ja, Nakahechi-chō, ) was a

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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 ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 3,587 and a

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of 16.92 persons per km². The total area was 211.95 km². On May 1, 2005, Nakahechi, 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 {{disambig ...

), the village of Ōtō (also from Nishimuro District), and the town of Hongū (from Higashimuro District), was merged into the expanded city of Tanabe.

External links

Official town website
Dissolved municipalities of Wakayama Prefecture Tanabe, Wakayama {{Wakayama-geo-stub