was a
district
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located in
Mie Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated
population
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of 70,059 and a
density
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of . The total area was .
Towns and villages
*
Ago
*
Daiō
*
Hamajima
*
Isobe
*
Shima
Mergers
* On October 1, 2004 - The former town of
Shima absorbed the towns of
Ago,
Daiō,
Hamajima and
Isobe to create the city of
Shima,
effectively turning the district into a city. Therefore, Shima District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Former districts of Mie Prefecture
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