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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 ...

> Iinan District) was a

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located in

. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 11,235 and the total area was 317.27 km².

Timeline

* March 29, 1896 - The district was formed when Iitaka and Iino Districts merged. (1 town, 23 villages) * April 1, 1908 - The village of Kamiyama(?) broke off and merged into the villages of Izawa and Kushida (respectively). (1 town, 22 villages) * January 1, 1921 - The village of Susudomari(?) was merged into the town of Matsusaka. (1 town, 21 villages) * January 1, 1924 - The village of Kakino was elevated to town status to become the town of Kakino. (2 towns, 20 villages) * April 1, 1931 - The village of Kobe(?) was merged into the town of Matsusaka. (2 towns, 19 villages) * July 1, 1932 - The village of Hanaoka was elevated to town status to become the town of Hanaoka. (3 towns, 18 villages) * 1933: ** February 1 - The town of Matsusaka was elevated to city status to become the city of Matsusaka. (2 towns, 18 villages) ** February 11 - The village of Kayumi was elevated to town status to become the town of Kayumi. (3 towns, 17 villages) * December 25, 1948 - The villages of Matsue and Asami were merged into the city of Matsusaka. (3 towns, 15 villages) * December 1, 1951 - The village of Isedera was merged into the city of Matsusaka. (3 towns, 14 villages) * December 1, 1952 - The village of Hatadono merged into the city of Matsusaka. (3 towns, 13 villages) * October 15, 1954 - The town of Hanaoka, and the villages of Minato, Matsuo and Nishikurobe were merged into the city of Matsusaka. (2 towns, 10 villages) * April 1, 1955 - The villages of Chihiroe, Oishi, Izawa and Ishiro were merged into the city of Matsusaka. (2 towns, 6 villages) * August 1, 1956: (2 towns, 2 villages) ** The towns of Kakino and Kayumi were merged to become the town of Iinan. ** The villages of Miyamae, Kabata, Mori and Haze were merged to become the town of Iitaka. * October 1, 1957 - The villages of Okawachi and Kushida were merged into the city of Matsusaka. (2 towns) * On January 1, 2005 - The towns of Iinan and Iitaka, along with the towns of Mikumo and Ureshino (both from

Ichishi District was a district located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 70,117 and a density of 150.14 persons per km2. The total area was 467.00 km2. Until the day before the dissolution on December 31, 20 ...

), were merged into the expanded city of

Matsusaka is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 157,235 in 66,018 households and a population density of 250 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is famous for Matsusaka beef. Geography ...

. Iinan District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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