was a

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located in

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 27,539 and a

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of 108.46 persons per km². The total area was 253.91 km².

Towns and villages

There were four municipalities within the district before dissolution: * Ayama * Iga * Ōyamada * Shimagahara

Merger

* On November 1, 2004 - the former town of Iga absorbed the town of Ayama, the villages of Ōyamada and Shimagahara were merged with the city of

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, and the town of Aoyama (from Naga District) to create the city of Iga. Ayama District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Former districts of Mie Prefecture {{Mie-geo-stub