is a
district
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located in
Tochigi Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2011, the district has an estimated
population
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of 83,304 and a
density
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of 603 persons per km
2. The total area is 138.07 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Mibu
*
Nogi
Merger
*On April 1, 1889, Samukawa District (寒川郡), Shimotsuke was merged into Shimotsuga District.
*On January 10, 2006, the towns of
Kokubunji and
Ishibashi merged with the town of
Minamikawachi, from
Kawachi District, to form part of the new city of
Shimotsuke.
*On March 29, 2010, the towns of
Fujioka,
Ōhira and
Tsuga
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merged into the city of
Tochigi.
*On April 5, 2014, the town of
Iwafune merged into the city of
Tochigi.
References
Districts in Tochigi Prefecture
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