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, municip ...

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 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 141,935 and a

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of 404.21 persons per km². The total area was 351.14 km².

Mergers

* On September 1, 1995 - the town of Kashima absorbed the village of Ōno to create the city of Kashima. * On August 1, 2005 - the town of Kamisu absorbed the town of Hasaki to create the city of

Kamisu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 95,384 in 40,759 households and a population density of 649 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 23.6%. The ...

. * On October 11, 2005 - the town of Hokota absorbed the villages of

Asahi Asahi (Japanese 朝日, 旭, or あさひ 'morning sun') may refer to: Places in Japan Cities * Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards * Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') * Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'') Towns * Asahi, Aichi ...

and Taiyō to create the city of Hokota. Therefore, Kashima District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

Former districts of Ibaraki Prefecture {{Ibaraki-geo-stub