, literally ''West Ibaraki'', 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 2004, the district had an estimated
population
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of 52,291. The total area was 108.64 km
2.
There were two municipalities before the dissolution:
*
Iwama
*
Tomobe
On March 19, 2006, the towns of
Iwama and
Tomobe were merged into the expanded city of
Kasama. Therefore, Nishiibaraki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
District Timeline
* February 15, 1958 - The town of Kasama gained city status.
* February 1, 2005 - The village of
Nanakai was merged with the town of
Jōhoku, and village of
Katsura (both from
Higashiibaraki District), to create the town of
Shirosato (in
Higashiibaraki District).
* October 1, 2005 - The town of
Iwase was merged with 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 ...
(both from
Makabe District) to create the city of
Sakuragawa.
* March 19, 2006 - The towns of
Iwama and
Tomobe were merged into the expanded city of
Kasama.
Therefore, Nishiibaraki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Ibaraki Prefecture
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