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located in

Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...

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. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 36,952 and an area of 25.78 km², with a population density of 1430 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages

* Tamamura All of the city of Isesaki and part of the city of

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were formerly part of the district.

History

Sawa District was created on April 1, 1896 by the merger of Sai District and

Nawa District Nawa is a large district in the far south of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. It is 100 km south from Ghazni in a mountainous region. The salt lake Ab-i Istada is located in the northern part of the district. Nawa's population, which is 100% P ...

. At the time of its creation, it was organized into three towns (Isesaki, Sakai and Tamamura) and 13 villages. file:Gumma Sawa-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Sawa District:

1. Isesaki, 2. Misato, 3. Akabori, 4. Azuma, 5. Uehasu, 6. Moro, 7. Uneme, 8. Gōshi, 9. Sakai, 10. Shima, 11.Toyouke, 12.Nawa, 13. Shibane, 14. Tamamura, 15. Jōyō, 16. Miyagō *1940, September 13 – Uehasu and Moro villages annexed by Isesaki, which was raised to city status *1955, January 10 – Isesaki annexed Misato village *1955, March 1 – Sakai annexed Uneme, Gōshi and Shima villages *1955, March 25 – Isesaki annexed Nawa, Toyouke and Miyagō villages *1955, April 20 – Tamamura annexed Shibane village *1957, August 1 - Sakai annexed the villages of Jōyō *1986, October 1 – Akabori village was raised to town status *2005, January 1 – Akabori, Sakai towns and Azuma village are annexed by Isesaki. Districts in Gunma Prefecture {{Gunma-geo-stub