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Encyclopedia > Hosu District, Ishikawa

Hōsu (鳳珠郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. The district was formed on March 1, 2005 at the same time as the merger of Yanagida (from Fugeshi District) and Uchiura (from Suzu District) into Noto. This merger effectively merged the districts since Uchiura was the only municipality in Suzu District. A district (郡; gun) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, which is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, and was ranked at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. ... Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県 Ishikawa-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Yanagida (柳田村; -mura) is a village located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ... Fugeshi (鳳至郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Uchiura (内浦町; -machi) is a town located in Suzu District, Ishikawa, Japan. ... Suzu (珠洲郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Noto (能都町; -machi) is a town located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ...


As of 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 40,247 and a density of 65.5 persons per km². The total area is 614.25 km². 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


Towns and villages

Anamizu (穴水町; -machi) is a town located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ... Monzen (門前町; -machi) is a town located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ... Noto (能都町; -machi) is a town located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ...

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The 2005 merger of Noto, Yanagida, and Uchiura was planned to include Monzen and Anamizu. However, the last two decided not to take part in the merger, and remain separate. Still, the two districts, Fugeshi and Suzu, merged as planned, and the new district takes one kanji from each of its predecessors: the first kanji comes from Fugeshi (鳳至) and the second comes from Suzu (珠洲). Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Kanji (漢字, literally characters from Han China; see also Han Chinese) are Chinese characters used in Japanese. ...

  Ishikawa Prefecture Symbol of Ishikawa Prefecture
Cities
Hakui | Hakusan | Kaga | Kahoku | Kanazawa (capital) | Komatsu | Nanao | Nomi | Suzu | Wajima
Districts
Enuma | Hakui | Hosu | Ishikawa | Kahoku | Kashima | Nomi
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

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Ishikawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (561 words)
Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.
On March 1, 2005 the town of Noto and village of Yanagida from the former Fugeshi District merged with the town of Uchiura from the former Suzu District, Ishikawa forming a new town of Noto and the districts merged forming Hosu District.
On February 1, 2006 the town of Monzen from Hosu District and the former city of Wajima merged, forming the new city of Wajima.
Ishikawa District, Ishikawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (117 words)
Following the Hakusan merger, the district consists of the single municipality of Nonoichi.
As of June 2004 population data, the district has an estimated population of 42,760 and a density of 3153 persons per km².
On February 1, 2005 the following towns and villages from the district merged with the city of Matto forming the city of Hakusan.
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