Minamikawachi District in Osaka Prefecture

is a

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located in

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nar ...

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. In 2009 the district had an estimated

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of 37,695 and a

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of 491 persons per km². The total area is 76.81 km².

Towns and villages

* Kanan *

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* Chihayaakasaka

Mergers

*On February 1, 2005, the town of Mihara was merged into the city of

Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

. *On March 1, 2008, the village of Chiahayaakasaka requested a merge into the adjacent city of Kawachinagano after talks of merging with the surrounding towns of Kanan and

fell through.

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition a ...

, Osaka edition, April 30th 2007, p. 1, 大阪唯一の村消える？ ''Ōsaka yuiitsu no mura kieru?'' These plans also fell through as of August 14, 2009.

Famous people

* Sasaki Mikirô (1947- ), poet and essayist

References

Districts in Osaka Prefecture {{Osaka-geo-stub