was a
district
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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 ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
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of 109,260 and a
density
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of 171.17 persons per km
2. The total area before the dissolution was 638.31 km
2.
On July 1, 2005, the towns of
Misakubo and
Sakuma, and the village of
Tatsuyama, along with the cities of
Tenryū and
Hamakita, the town of
Haruno (from
Shūchi District), the towns of
Hosoe,
Inasa and
Mikkabi (all from
Inasa District), and the towns of
Maisaka and
Yūtō (both from
Hamana District), were merged into the expanded city of
Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was .
Overview
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. Iwata District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
District Timeline
* October 1, 1956 - The village of Asaba was elevated to town status.
* September 1, 1957 - The village of Oho was split and merged into the city of
Iwata and the town of
Toyoda (respectively).
* November 3, 1958:
** The town of Fukuroi was elevated to city status.
** The town of Ninomata was elevated to city status and renamed to the city of
Tenryū.
* January 1, 1973 - The village of Toyoda was elevated to town status.
* April 1, 2005:
** The town of
Asaba
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was merged into the expanded city of
Fukuroi
270px, Shizuoka Stadium
is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,395 in 34,842 households, and a population density of 820 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Fukuroi is a me ...
.
** The towns of
Fukude,
Ryūyō and
Toyoda, and the village of
Toyooka were merged into the expanded city of
Iwata.
* July 1, 2005 - The towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, and the village of Tatsuyama, along with the cities of
Tenryū and
Hamakita, the town of
Haruno (from
Shūchi District), the towns of
Hosoe,
Inasa and
Mikkabi (all from
Inasa District), and the towns of
Maisaka and
Yūtō (both from
Hamana District), were merged into the expanded city of
Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was .
Overview
...
. Iwata District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Former districts of Shizuoka Prefecture
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