Hosu District, Ishikawa
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Hōsu (鳳珠郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, 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.
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.
Towns and villages
On February 1, 2006 the town of Monzen merged into the city of Wajima.
Name
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 remained 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).
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| Hakui | Hakusan | Kaga | Kahoku | Kanazawa (capital) | Komatsu | Nanao | Nomi | Suzu | Wajima | |||
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| Hakui | Hosu | Ishikawa | Kahoku | Kashima | Nomi | |||
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