
was a
district
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located in
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 district had an estimated
population
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of 8,682 and a
density
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of 83.93 persons per km
2. The total area was 103.44 km
2.
Former towns and villages
*
Nima
*
Yunotsu
Merger
*On October 1, 2005 - the towns of
Nima and
Yunotsu was merged into the expanded city of
Ōda. Nima District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Former districts of Shimane Prefecture
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