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Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

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 ...

District Timeline

*1878 - Founded after the former Sōma District areas designated within Chiba Prefecture. *1889 - At the time of

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enforcement, the district had 2 towns and 4 villages: **The towns of Abiko and Fussa, and the village of Kohoku (city of Abiko) **The village of Tomise (either the cities of Abiko or

Kashiwa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a si ...

) **The villages of Tega and Fusō (Town of Shonan -> City of Kashiwa) *April 1, 1897 - Minamisōma District was merged into Higashikatsushika District. Therefore, Minamisōma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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List of dissolved districts of Japan A district of Japan is dissolved when all towns or villages in the district become cities or are merged into the city. The following is a list of dissolved districts of Japan. The date shown is the day the district was dissolved (i.e. the district ...

Kitasōma District, Ibaraki is a Districts of Japan, district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of November 1, 2021, the district has a population of 14,898. The total area is . Currently, the district has only one town left. *Tone, Ibaraki, Tone Timeline *Decem ...

Sōma District, Fukushima is a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 41,540 and a density of 87.18 persons per km2. The total area is 476.49 km2. Towns and villages * Shinchi * Iitate Merger * On J ...

Katsushika District is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...

Former districts of Chiba Prefecture {{Chiba-geo-stub