is 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

Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...

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. The district dates back to the

Taika Reform The were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 ''Kōtoku tennō'') in the year 645. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shōtoku and the defeat of the Soga clan (蘇我氏 ''Soga no uji''), uniting Jap ...

in the 7th century, and Katori District remained part of

Shimōsa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture as well as the bordering parts of Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo (the parts that used to be located east of the lower reaches of the old Tone River prior to the ...

until the establishment of Chiba Prefecture. Historically Katori District occupied the area south of the lower researches of the

Tone River The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano River) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the ...

. Since there is no population data since 2003, the post- Katori- Narita district had an estimated

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of 40,260. The total area was .

Towns and villages

Kōzaki 260px, Kozaki Shrine is a town located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 5,884 in 2471 households and a population density of 300 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Etymology The name of the to ...

* Tako * Tōnoshō

District Timeline

*July 1, 2005 - The town of Hikata merged with the towns of Iioka and Unakami from Kaijō District (now dissolved) and the city 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 ...

to form the city of

. *March 27, 2006 **The city of Sawara and the towns of Omigawa, Yamada and Kurimoto merged to form the new city of Katori. **The towns of Shimofusa and

Taiei , also known as Taiei or Dai-ei, was a after '' Eishō'' and before '' Kyōroku.'' This period spanned the years from August 1521 through August 1528. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1521 : The era name was changed because o ...

merged into the city of Narita.

References

Districts in Chiba Prefecture History of Narita City {{Chiba-geo-stub