was a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
located in
Yazu District,
Tottori Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of . ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 2,689 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 33.66 persons per km
2. The total area was 79.89 km
2.
On November 1, 2004, Saji, along with the town of
Kokufu were the capitals of the historical Provinces of Japan from the Nara period to the Heian period.
History
As part of the Taika Reform (645), which aimed at a centralization of the administration following the Chinese model (''ritsuryō''), the '' ...
, the village of
Fukube (both from
Iwami District), the towns of
Aoya,
Ketaka and
Shikano (all from
Ketaka District), and the towns of
Kawahara and
Mochigase (all from
Yazu District), was merged into the expanded city of
Tottori.
References
External links
Tottori City official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture
Tottori (city)
Saji clan
Owari clan
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