is 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 the January 1, 2005 merger but with 2003 population estimates, the district has an estimated
population
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of 5,348 and a
density
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of 17.4 persons per km
2. The total area is 307.39 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Tosa
*
Ōkawa
Mergers
*On October 1, 2004, the village of
Hongawa, along with the village of
Gohoku, from
Agawa District, merged into the expanded town of
Ino, in
Agawa District.
*On January 1, 2005, the villages of
Kagami and
Tosayama merged into the expanded city of
Kōchi.
Districts in Kochi Prefecture
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