was a
district
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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, ...
,
Japan
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.
As of the Chikusei merger, but with 2003 population data, the district had an estimated
population
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of 26,699 and a
density
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of 288 persons per km
2. The total area was 92.62 km
2.
Towns and villages at the time of closure
*
Makabe
*
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial ...
Mergers
* On March 28, 2005 - the towns of
Akeno,
Kyōwa and
Sekijō were merged with the city of
Shimodate to create the city of
Chikusei.
* On October 1, 2005 - the town of
Makabe, and the village of
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial ...
were merged with the town of
Iwase (from
Nishiibaraki District) to create the city of
Sakuragawa. Therefore, Makabe District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Ibaraki Prefecture
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