was a

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located in

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 2003, the district has an estimated

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of 61,601 with a

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of 159.56 persons per km². The total area is 386.06 km².

Municipalities

Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of two towns and two villages: * Fuchū * Hosoiri * Yamada * Yatsuo

History

District Timeline

Recent mergers

* On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Fuchū and Yatsuo, and the villages of Hosoiri and Yamada, along with the towns of Ōsawano and Ōyama (both from Kaminiikawa District), were merged into the expanded city of Toyama. Therefore, Nei District and Kaminiikawa District were both dissolved as the result of this merger.

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