district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
located in
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
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Japan
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SADO-GUN (5 MACHI 20 MURA) Administrative Subdivisions of Japan with Separate Appendix of 47 Prefectural Maps.
United States Department of State
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. Division of Research for Far East, 1946, 652 pages existing from 1896 by 2004.
The Sado District was formed on April 1 of 1896 from old three districts of Sawata, Hamochi and Kamo. The area was all
Sado Island
is an island located in the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, under the jurisdiction of Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, with a coastline of . In October 2017, Sado Island had a population of 55,212 people. Sado Island covers an area of ...
and the same to the
Sado Province
was a province of Japan until 1871; since then, it has been a part of Niigata Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Sado''" in . It was sometimes called or . It lies on the eponymous Sado Island, off the coast of Niigata Prefectur ...
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The district dissolved in March 2004 when the belonging towns and villages merged with the city of Ryōtsu to form the city of Sado. So the Sado Province, the Sado District and the Sado City has governed the same area with different status.
It contained the following towns and villages before its abolition:
* Aikawa (town)
* Kanai (town)
* Sawata (town)
* Hatano (town)
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Mano
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