was a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
located in
Miyazaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,073,054 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,735 Square kilometre, km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders ...
,
Japan.
As of 2003 population statistics (but following the January 1, 2006 merger of the towns of
Sadowara and
Tano), the district had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 28,937 and the
density
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of 605.25 persons per km
2. The total area was 47.81 km
2.
Former towns and villages
*
Kiyotake
*
Sadowara
*
Tano
Mergers
*On January 1, 2006 - the towns of
Sadowara and
Tano, along with the town of
Takaoka (from
Higashimorokata District), were merged into the expanded city of
Miyazaki.
*On March 23, 2010 - the town of
Kiyotake was merged into the expanded city of
Miyazaki. Miyazaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Miyazaki Prefecture
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