is a
rural district
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located in
Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, 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 . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
,
Japan
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. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 35,190 and an area of 48.38 km
2, with a population density of 727 people per square kilometer.
Towns and villages
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Yoshioka
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is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,749 in 8,311 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the town is .
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Much of the city of
Shibukawa was formerly part of the district.
History
file: Gumma Gumma-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Gunma District:
27. Komayose, 28. Furumaki, 29. Meiji, 30. Momoi, 31. Toyoaki, 32. Shibukawa, 33. Ikaho, 34. Kaneshima, 35. Nagao, 36. Shirosatoi, 37.Onogami, 12.Tago, 13. Irino, 14. Hino, 21. Mihara, 22. Kamikawa, 23. Nakasato, 24. Ueno
*October 1, 1949 - The district was formed when the towns of Shibukawa, Ikaho, Gunma, Ikaho, and the villages of Kanashima, Gunma, Kanashima, Furumaki, Gunma, Furumaki, Toyoaki, Gunma, Toyoaki,
Komayose, Gunma, Komayose,
Meiji, Momoi,
Nagao,
Shirosatoi and
Onogami split off from
Gunma District. (2 towns, 9 villages)
*April 1, 1954 - The town of Shibukawa and the villages of Kanashima, Furumaki, and Toyoaki merged to form the city of
Shibukawa. (1 town, 6 villages)
*April 1, 1955 - The villages of Komayose and Meiji merged to form the village of Yoshioka. (1 town, 5 villages)
*March 30, 1957 - The village of Momoi and parts of the village of Souma from Gunma District merged to form the new town of Momoi.
*August 1, 1959 - The village of Momoi renamed to the village of Shintō.
*September 1, 1960 - The villages of Nagao and Shirosatoi merged to form the village of
Komochi. (1 town, 4 villages)
*April 1, 1991 - The village of Yoshioka gained town status to become the town of Yoshioka. (2 towns, 3 villages)
*February 20, 2006 - The town of Ikaho and the villages of Komochi and Onogami merge with the city of
Shibukawa and the villages of Akagi and Kitatachibana from
Seta District to form the city of Shibukawa.
(1 town, 1 village)
References
Districts in Gunma Prefecture
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