was a

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located in

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

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. As of 2005, the district had an estimated

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of 11,500, and the total area was 58.21 km².

Former towns and villages

* Awaji * Goshiki * Higashiura * Hokudan *

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* Tsuna

Mergers

* On April 1, 2005 - the former town of Awaji absorbed the towns of Higashiura, Hokudan,

and Tsuna to create the city of Awaji. * On February 11, 2006 - the town of Goshiki was merged into the expanded city of Sumoto. Tsuna District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

Former districts of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub