Daiei, Tottori
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Daiei
| native_name = 大栄町
だいえいちょう
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Roadside Station Daiei.jpg
| image_caption = Daiei Roadside Station
| image_flag = Flag of Daiei Tottori.JPG
| image_seal = Emblem of Daiei, Tottori (1954–2005).svg
| extinct_title = Merged
| extinct_date = {{end date|2005|10|01}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Japan}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Chūgoku (San'in)
| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
| subdivision_name2 = Tottori
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Tōhaku
| area_total_km2 = 36.23
| population_total = 9026
| population_as_of = 2004
| population_density_km2 = auto
}}
{{nihongo|Daiei|大栄町|Daiei-chō}} was a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.{{Cite web |last=日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) |title=大栄(鳥取県)(だいえい)とは? 意味や使い方 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A0%84%28%E9%B3%A5%E5%8F%96%E7%9C%8C%29-1560409 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=コトバンク |language=ja}}
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,800 and a population density of 242.89 per km2. The total area was 36.23 km2.
On October 1, 2005, Daiei, along with the town of Hōjō (also from Tōhaku District), was merged to create the town of Hokuei.{{Cite web |title=鳥取県東伯郡大栄町 (31367A1968) |url=https://geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp/city/resource/31367A1968.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=歴史的行政区域データセットβ版}}
Daiei is also the hometown of Japanese manga artist Gosho Aoyama, best known for his manga series Case Closed.
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External links
- [http://www.e-hokuei.net/ Hokuei official website] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Dissolved municipalities of Tottori Prefecture
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2005
Category:2005 disestablishments in Japan
Category:Tōhaku District, Tottori
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