is a
dissolved village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
once belonging to the
Kanra District in the south-western portion of
Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the KantÅ region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
. It presently corresponds to Osaka region in
Shimonita.
Geography
*Rivers:
Kabura River,
Osaka River
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population o ...
History
*April 1, 1889: Kami Osaka, Naka Osaka, Shimo Osaka, and Higashino merge into
Kita-Kanra District, .
*April, 1890: Sakamaki is renamed to Osaka.
*April 1, 1950: Kita-Kanra District is renamed to Kanra District.
*March 10, 1955:
Shimonita,
Saimoku,
Aokura, and
Mayama are abolished and replaced by a new Shimonita.
Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
Shimonita, Gunma
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