is a
district
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located in
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 district has an estimated
population
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of 65,944 and a
density
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of 109.54 persons per km
2. The total area is 602.02 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Hokuei
*
Kotoura
*
Misasa
*
Yurihama
Mergers
*On September 1, 2004, the towns of
Tōhaku and
Akasaki merged to form the new town of
Kotoura.
*On October 1, 2004, the towns of
Hawai and
Tōgō and the village of
Tomari merged to form the new town of
Yurihama.
*On March 22, 2005, the town of
Sekigane merged into the city of
Kurayoshi
270px, Kurayoshi City Hall
270px, Kurayoshi Utsubuki-Tamagawa Historic Preservation District
270px, View from Utsubuki Castle ruins
is a city located in the central part of Tottori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 44 ...
.
*On October 1, 2005, the towns of
Daiei
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and
Hōjō merged to form the new town of
Hokuei.
References
Districts in Tottori Prefecture
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