was a

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located in Saihaku 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 . ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 8,852 and a

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of 343.10 persons per km². The total area was 25.80 km². On March 31, 2005, Yodoe was merged into the expanded city of

Yonago is a Cities of Japan, city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 146,139 in 68,534 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is the prefecture's second ...

References

External links

Yonago official website
Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture Yonago, Tottori {{Tottori-geo-stub