is a rural

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located in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

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. As of July 2012, the district has an estimated

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of 37,550 and a

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of 72.6 persons per km². The total area was 517.56 km².

Towns and villages

Haibara District current is composed of two towns. The city of

Makinohara 270px, Makinohara City Hall is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 45,813 in 16980 households and a population density of 410 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geogra ...

and parts of the cities of Shimada and

Omaezaki 270px, Omaezaki City Hall is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Omaezaki is located at the tip of Omaezaki Peninsula on Japan's Pacific coast. , the city had an estimated population of 32,422 in 12,095 households and a population ...

were formerly part of the district. * Yoshida *

Kawanehon 270px, Kawanehon Town Hall is a town located in Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,731 in 2895 households and a population density of 13.4 persons per km². The total area of the town w ...

History

Haibara District was established in the July 22, 1878 cadastral reforms initiated by the

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with four towns (Sagara, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Kanaya) and 73 villages. In a round of consolidation on April 1, 1889, the number of villages was reduced to 13. The village of Yoshida was elevated to town status on July 1, 1949 and Kawasaki was renamed Haibara Town on March 28, 1955. The village of Omaezaki was elevated to town status on March 21, 1955, and the town of Kawane was established on April 1, 1955, followed by Honkawne on September 30, 1956. With the elevation of Nakawane to town status on June 1, 1961, the district had eight towns and no villages. On April 1, 2004 the town of

merged with the town of Hamaoka from Ogasa District to create the new city of

. On May 5, 2005 the town of Kanaya merged with the long time twin city of Shimada. On September 20, 2005 the towns of Honkawane and Nakakawane merged to form the new town of

. On October 11, 2005 the towns of Haibara and

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merged to form the city of

. On April 1, 2008 the town of Kawane merged into the city of Shimada. Districts in Shizuoka Prefecture {{Shizuoka-geo-stub