Hanishina District, Nagano
Encyclopedia
Hanishina is a district
located in Nagano Prefecture
, Japan
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As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population
of 16,742. The total area is 53.64 km².
Currently, there is only one town in this district.
Districts of Japan
The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in Nagano Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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As of December 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population
Population
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of 16,742. The total area is 53.64 km².
Currently, there is only one town in this district.
- SakakiSakaki, Naganois a town located in Hanishina District, Nagano, Japan.As of December 1, 2005, the town has an estimated population of 16,742. The total area is 53.64 km²....
Mergers
- On September 1, 2003 the town of Togura merged with the town of Kamiyamada, from Sarashina DistrictSarashina District, NaganoSarashina was a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 1,467 and a density of 31.99 persons per km²...
, and the city of Koshoku to form the new city of ChikumaChikuma, Naganois a city located in Nagano, Japan.As of June 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 63,829. The total area is 119.84 km².-Description:...
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