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located in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

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. Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 117,639 and a

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of 293.97 persons per km². The total area was 400.18 km².

Former towns and villages

* Aino * Ariake *

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* Azuma * Chijiwa * Fukae *

Futsu was a town located in Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,788 and a density of 455.13 persons per km2. The total area was 10.52 km2. On March 31, 2006, Futsu, along with the ...

* Kazusa * Kita-Arima * Kuchinotsu * Kunimi * Minami-Arima * Minami-Kushiyama *

Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an Names of Japan#Other names, ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in To ...

* Nishi-Arie *

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Mergers

* On October 11, 2005 - the towns of Aino, Azuma, Chijiwa, Kunimi, Minami-Kushiyama, Mizuho and Obama were merged to create the city of Unzen. * On January 1, 2006 - the town of Ariake were merged into the expanded city of Shimabara. * On March 31, 2006 - the towns of Arie, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kita-Arima, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima and Nishi-Arie were merged to create the city of Minami-Shimabara. Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

Former districts of Nagasaki Prefecture {{Nagasaki-geo-stub