is a

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located in

Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Pr ...

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. The district was formed on 1 April 1899 under the Districts Act which came into force at that time. Its area consisted of 19 villages that made up the former districts of Miki and Yamada. During the 20th century, the villages underwent a series of mergers, whilst others merged into the neighbouring city of

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. Following the most recent merger on 10 January 2006, only the town of Miki remained within the district. As of January 2016, the district has an estimated

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of 27,835 and a total area of 75.78 km².

Current towns and villages

* Miki

History of mergers

*On January 10, 2006 the towns of Aji and Mure, along with the towns of Kagawa and Kōnan, both from Kagawa District, and the town of Kokubunji, from Ayauta District, merged into the expanded city of

References

Districts in Kagawa Prefecture {{Kagawa-geo-stub