is a

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located in

Tokachi Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, ...

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The lar ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of 2004, the district has an estimated

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of 25,474 and a

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of 25.91 persons per km². The total area is 983.05 km².

Towns and villages

* Memuro * Nakasatsunai * Sarabetsu

History

*1869

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and districts established in Hokkaido, Kasai District placed under Tokachi Province *April, 1906 Biman Village and Nishishihoro Village from Katō District and Memuro Village, Bisei Village (美生村) and Haobi Village from Kasai District merge to form Memuro Village (now Town) in Kasai District *September, 1920 Part of Memuro Village incorporated into Shimizu Village (now Town) in Kamikawa (Tokachi) District *April, 1926 Part of Makubetsu Village (now Town) in Kamikawa District incorporated into Taisho Village (now part of

Obihiro is a city in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Obihiro is the only designated city in the Tokachi area. As of February 29, 2020, the city has an estimated population of 165,851. The next most populous municipality in Tokachi is the adj ...

City) *April 1, 1933 Obihiro Town becomes Obihiro City, leaving the district *April 1, 1948 Part of Makubetsu Town in Kamikawa District incorporated into Taisho and Sarabetsu Villages *September 30, 1956 Mikage Village incorporated into Shimizu Town in Kamikawa District *April 1, 1957 Kawanishi Village and Taisho Village incorporated into Obihiro City, leaving the district. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasai District, Hokkaido Districts in Hokkaido