was a
district
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located in
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 21,448 and a
density
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of 23.00 persons per km
2. The total area was 932.44 km
2.
Former towns and villages
*
Hiwa
*
Kuchiwa
*
Saijō
*
Takano
*
Tōjō
Merger
* On March 31, 2005 - the towns of
Hiwa,
Kuchiwa,
Saijō,
Takano and
Tōjō, along with the town of
Sōryō (from
Kōnu District), were merged into the expanded city of
Shōbara
270px, Shōbara City Hall
270px, Bihoku-kyuryo Park
270px, Shobara city center area aerial photograph
is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,343 in 14984 households and a population density of ...
.
Former districts of Hiroshima Prefecture
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