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located in

Gunma Prefecture is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō 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 ...

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. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 36,952 and an area of 25.78 km², with a population density of 1430 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages

Tamamura is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 36,367 in 15685 households, and a population density of 1440 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Tamamura is located in southern Gun ...

All of the city of Isesaki and part of the city of

Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It was ...

were formerly part of the district.

History

Sawa District is one of seven districts in the Gunma Prefecture. It was created on April 1, 1896, by the merger of Sai District and Nawa District. At the time of its creation, it was organized into three towns (Isesaki, Sakai and Tamamura) and 13 villages. file:Gumma Sawa-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Sawa District:

1. Isesaki, 2. Misato, 3. Akabori, 4. Azuma, 5. Uehasu, 6. Moro, 7. Uneme, 8. Gōshi, 9. Sakai, 10. Shima, 11.Toyouke, 12.Nawa, 13. Shibane, 14. Tamamura, 15. Jōyō, 16. Miyagō *1940, September 13 – Uehasu and Moro villages annexed by Isesaki, which was raised to city status *1955, January 10 – Isesaki annexed Misato village *1955, March 1 – Sakai annexed Uneme, Gōshi and Shima villages *1955, March 25 – Isesaki annexed Nawa, Toyouke and Miyagō villages *1955, April 20 – Tamamura annexed Shibane village *1957, August 1 - Sakai annexed the villages of Jōyō *1986, October 1 – Akabori village was raised to town status *2005, January 1 – Akabori, Sakai towns and Azuma village are annexed by Isesaki.

References

Districts in Gunma Prefecture {{Gunma-geo-stub