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 16,967 and a
density
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of 69.13 persons per km
2. The total area was 245.45 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Hokubō
*
Kayō
*
Ukan
Mergers
* On October 1, 2004 - the town of
Ukan, along with the towns of
Bitchū,
Kawakami and
Nariwa (all from
Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of
Takahashi
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Notable people with the surname Takahashi
* Aaron Takahashi, Japanese-American actor
* , Japanese singer and actress
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.
* On October 1, 2004 - the town of
Kayō, along with the town of
Kamogawa (from
Mitsu 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 31, 2005 - the town of
Hokubō, along the towns of
Katsuyama,
Kuse,
Ochiai and
Yubara, and the villages of
Chūka
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,
Kawakami,
Mikamo and
Yatsuka (all from
Maniwa District), was merged to create the city of
Maniwa.
Jōbō District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Okayama Prefecture
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