is a

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located in

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

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. Following the Bandō merger but with 2004 population data, the district has an estimated

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of 125,153 and a

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of 726 persons per km². The total area is 172.25 km².

Towns and villages

* Goka *

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Mergers

*On March 22, 2005, the town of Sashima merged with the neighboring city of Iwai forming the city of Bandō. *On September 12, 2005, the towns of Sanwa and Sōwa merged into the city of

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. Districts in Ibaraki Prefecture {{Ibaraki-geo-stub