Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki
Minamitakaki (南高来郡, Minami-Takaki-gun, English: South Takaki District) was a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 117,639 and a density of 293.97 persons per km2. The total area was 400.18 km2.
Former towns and villages
[edit]- Aino
- Ariake
- Arie
- Azuma
- Chijiwa
- Fukae
- Futsu
- Kazusa
- Kita-Arima
- Kuchinotsu
- Kunimi
- Minami-Arima
- Minami-Kushiyama
- Mizuho
- Nishi-Arie
- Obama
Mergers
[edit]- On October 11, 2005 - the towns of Aino, Azuma, Chijiwa, Kunimi, Minami-Kushiyama, Mizuho and Obama were merged to create the city of Unzen.[1][2]
- On January 1, 2006 - the town of Ariake were merged into the expanded city of Shimabara.
- On March 31, 2006 - the towns of Arie, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kita-Arima, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima and Nishi-Arie were merged to create the city of Minami-Shimabara. Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
[edit]- ^ "歴史". 雲仙市 (in Japanese). 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
その後の合併を経て昭和44年4月に国見町、瑞穂町、吾妻町、愛野町、千々石町、小浜町、南串山町の7町構成となり、平成17年10月11日に7町が対等合併し雲仙市となった。
- ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 150.
Kunimi-cho, Mizuho-cho, Azuma-cho, Aino-machi, Chijiwa-cho, Obama-cho and Minamikushiyama-cho were incorporated into a newly established Unzen-shi as of October 11, 2005.
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