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 48,540 and a
density
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of 55.43 persons per km
2. The total area is 875.74 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Chizu
*
Wakasa
*
Yazu
Mergers
*On November 1, 2004, the towns of
Kawahara and
Mochigase, and the village of
Saji merged into the city of
Tottori.
*On March 31, 2005, the towns of
Kōge,
Funaoka and
Hattō merged to form the new town of
Yazu.
References
Districts in Tottori Prefecture
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