Kitashitara District in Aichi Prefecture

is a

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located in northeastern

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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. As of October 1 2019, the district had an estimated

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of 8,595 with a

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of 15.5 persons per km². Its total area was 554.51 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of two towns and one village: * Shitara * Tōei * Toyone ;Notes:

History

Shitara District (設楽郡) was one of the ancient districts of

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having been created in 903 out of

Hoi District was a district located in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2008 (the last data available), the district had an estimated population of 21,766 with a density of 2,194 persons per km2. Its total area was 9.92 km2. Municipalities Prio ...

(宝飯郡). In the cadastral reforms of the early Meiji period, on July 22, 1878 Shitara District was divided into Kitashitara District and Minamishitara District. With the organization of municipalities on October 1, 1889, Kitashitara District was divided into 13 villages.

District Timeline

The Village of Taguchi, the site of the district administrative office, was elevated to town status on October 10, 1900. The village of Hongō was elevated to town status on October 1, 1921. On May 10, 1940, the villages of Inahashi and Busetsu were merged to form the town of Inabu. On April 1, 1955, the town of Hongō merged with the neighboring villages of Midono, Shimokawa and Sono to form the town of Tōei. The village of Miwa joined the new town the following year, on July 1, 1956. An administrative reorganization later that year left the district with three towns and three villages. The town of

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became part of the now-defunct Higashikamo District on October 1, 2003; which the town was later merged into the city of

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on April 1, 2005.

Recent mergers

* On October 1, 2005 - The village of Tsugu was merged into the expanded town of Shitara. * On November 27, 2005 - The village of Tomiyama was merged into the expanded village of Toyone.

External links

From the official history website of Neba village, Nagano Prefecture

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