- Tosa, Kōchi
Infobox City Japan
Name= Tosa
JapaneseName= 土佐市
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Region= Shikoku
Prefecture=Kōchi Prefecture
District=
Area_km2= 91.59
PopDate=October 31 ,2007
Population= 29782
Density_km2= 352
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Tree= Ginkgo
Flower=Lilium
Bird=White-cheeked Starling
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SymbolDescription=
Mayor=
CityHallPostalCode= 781-1192
CityHallAddress= 2017-1 Kinoe, Takaoka-chō, Tosa-shi, Kōchi-ken
CityHallPhone= 088-852-1111
CityHallLink= [http://www.inforyoma.or.jp/tosashi/ City of Tosa]nihongo|Tosa|土佐市|Tosa-shi is a city located in Kōchi,
Japan .As of
October 31 ,2007 , the city has an estimatedpopulation of 29,782 and the density of 325 persons per km². The total area is 91.59 km².Most frequently, the area of the Kochi Province's formal original name is Tosa, not to be confused with the name of this area. Tosa can mean the province, as well as the rural area that Kochi, Nankoku, and several other towns "sit" on.
The city was founded on
January 1 ,1959 .The character Kotaru Hotta of the
anime series "Princess Nine " hails from this town.Geography
Tosa is located in central
Kōchi Prefecture , and faces the Shikoku Mountain Range to the north andPacific Ocean to the south. The Niyodo River flows through the Takaoka Plain in the town, where rice is grown.urrounding municipalities
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Kōchi Prefecture
**Susaki
**Ino
**Haruno
**Sakawa
**Hidakaister cities
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