Yamagata District in Hiroshima Prefecture

is a

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located in northwestern Hiroshima Prefecture,

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. As of 2003, the district has an estimated

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of 29,978 and a

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of 30.34 persons per km². The total area is 988.11 km². Atomic bomb survivor Toshiyuki Mimaki lives in Yamagata district.

Towns and villages

* Akiōta: founded on October 1, 2004 from the merger of the towns of

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and Togouchi, and the village of Tsutsuga * Kitahiroshima: founded on February 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Chiyoda, Geihoku, Ōasa and Toyohira

References

Districts in Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub