is a
rural district
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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 ...
,
Japan
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. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 3,272 and an area of 296.45 km
2, with a population density of 11 people per square kilometer.
Towns and villages
*
Kanna
*
Ueno
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo. The area extending from Ueno to Asakusa is part of the historical Shitamachi (literally "low city") district of Tokyo, which is often associated with working-class traditions and culture as well as their dist ...
Parts of the city of
Takasaki
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Takasaki is famous as th ...
and all of the city of
Fujioka were formerly part of the district.
History
Tano District was created on April 1, 1896 by the merger of the former districts of
Minamikanra,
Tago and
Midono. At the time of its creation, the district had four towns (Yoshii, Fujioka, Onishi and Shin) and 14 villages.
file: Gumma Tano-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Tano District:
1. Fujioka, 2. Kanna, 3. Shin, 4. Ono, 5. Yawata, 6. Midori, 7. Hirai, 8. Mikuri, 9. Onishi, 10. Sanbagawa, 11.Yoshii, 12.Tago, 13. Irino, 14. Hino, 21. Mihara, 22. Kamikawa, 23. Nakasato, 24. Ueno
*1926, April 1 – Kamikawa village was raised to town status; renamed Mamba Town
*1954, April 1 – Fujioka annexed Kanna, Ono, Midori and Mikuri villages and was elevated to city status
*1954, October 1 – Onishi annexed neighboring Mihara, and Sanbagawa villages
*1955, January 1 – Yoshii annexed Tago, Irino villages and Iwadaira village from
Kanra District
*1955, March 1 – Fujioka annexed Hirai, Hino villages
*1956, September 30 – Yawata village was annexed by Takasaki City
*2003, April 1 – Manba town and Nakasato village merged, forming Kanna Town
*2006, January 1 – Onishi town was annexed by Fujioka City
*2006, January 23 –
Shinmachi was annexed by Takasaki City
*2009, June 1 – Yoshii Town was annexed by Takasaki City
References
Districts in Gunma Prefecture
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