is a
district
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located in
Nara Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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.
In 2020, the district had an estimated
population
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of 37,086 and a
density
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of 18.05 persons per km
2. The total area is 2,055 km
2.
On September 25, 2005, the villages of
Ōtō and
Nishiyoshino merged into the city of
Gojō.
Towns and villages
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Higashiyoshino
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Kamikitayama
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Kawakami
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Kurotaki
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Nosegawa
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Ōyodo
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Shimoichi
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Shimokitayama
*
Tenkawa
*
Totsukawa
*
Yoshino
References
Districts in Nara Prefecture
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