was a
district
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located in
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
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of 22,923. The total area was 345.10 km
2.
On April 1, 1900, the district was founded after the mergers of Mino and Tsudaka Districts.
Towns and villages once part of the district
Due to the mergers, the following towns have been dissolved since the 1970s.
* Ichinomiya - Merged into the city of
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
on January 8, 1971
* Tsudaka - Merged into the city of Okayama on January 8, 1971
*
Kamogawa
*
Mitsu
*
Takebe
Mergers
* On October 10, 2004 - the town of
Kamogawa, along with the town of
Kayō (from
Jōbō District), was merged to create the town of
Kibichūō. The new town belongs to the newly created
Kaga District, founded upon this merger.
* On March 22, 2005 - the town of
Mitsu, along with the town of
Nadasaki (from
Kojima District) was merged into the expanded city of
Okayama
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.
* On January 22, 2007 - the town of
Takebe, along with the town of
Seto
Seto may refer to:
Places
*Seto, Aichi, production place of Japanese pottery and venue of Expo 2005
* Seto, Ehime, facing the Seto Inland Sea
* Seto, Okayama, adjacent to Okayama, in Okayama Prefecture
*Seto Inland Sea of Japan
*Setomaa (''Seto ...
(from
Akaiwa District), was merged into the expanded city of
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
. Mitsu District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
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Former districts of Okayama Prefecture