was a

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located in eastern

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 2004 (the last data available), the district had an estimated

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of 16,703 with a

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of 43.84 persons per km². Its total area was 381.06 km².

Municipalities

Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town and one village: *

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* Tsukude ;Notes:

History

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

Mikawa Province was an Provinces of Japan, old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Mikawa''" in . Its abbreviated form name was . Mikawa bordered on Owari Province, O ...

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 Minamishitara District and Kitashitara District. With the organization of municipalities on October 1, 1889, Minamishitara District was divided into one town (Shinshiro) and 22 villages.

District Timeline

The village of Ebi was elevated to town status on April 28, 1894. In a round of consolidation, the remaining number of villages was reduced from 21 to five in 1906. On April 15, 1955, Shishiro annexed the villages of Chisato and Togō, along with the villages of Funatsuke and Yana from Yana District. On April 1, 1956, the villages of Nagashino and Hōrai were merged with the town of Ono and village of Nanasato in Yana District to form the expanded town of Hōrai, leaving Minamishitara District with three towns and one village. In September of the same year, the town of Ebi was annexed by Hōrai along with the village of Yamayoshida (from Yana District). On November 1, 1958, Shinshiro was elevated to city status.

Recent mergers

* On October 1, 2005 - The town of

, and the village of Tsukude were merged into the expanded city of

Shinshiro is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 44,581 in 17,691 households, and a population density of 89.3 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Shinshiro is located in east-centr ...

(formerly also a part of the district). Therefore, Minamishitara District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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Municipalities

History

District Timeline

Recent mergers

See also

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