Minamimatsura District, Nagasaki
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is a district
located in Nagasaki
, Japan
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As of January 1, 2009 the district has an estimated population
of 22,893 and a density
of 107 persons per km². The total area is 213.97 km². It forms part of the Gotō Islands
Districts of Japan
The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in Nagasaki
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. The capital is the city of Nagasaki.- History :Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging of the western half of the former province of Hizen with the island provinces of Tsushima and Iki...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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As of January 1, 2009 the district has an estimated population
Population
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of 22,893 and a density
Population density
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of 107 persons per km². The total area is 213.97 km². It forms part of the Gotō Islands
Goto Islands
The are Japanese islands in the East China Sea, off the western coast of Kyūshū. The islands are a part of Nagasaki Prefecture.- Geography :There are 140 islands in total, including five main islands:,,,, and....
Mergers
- On August 1, 2004 the city of FukueFukue, Nagasakiwas a city located in the Gotō Islands of Nagasaki, Japan. It was the largest city on the Gotō Islands.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 26,886 and the density of 170.01 persons per km²...
and the towns of Kishiku, Miiraku, Naru, Tamanoura and Tomie merged to form the city of GotōGoto, Nagasakiis a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It comprises the south-west half of the Gotō Islands in the East China Sea, some 100 kilometers from Nagasaki. The city consists of 11 inhabited and 52 uninhabited islands...
. - On August 1, 2004 the towns of Arikawa, Kamigotō, Narao, Shin'uonome and Wakamatsu merged to form the new town of ShinkamigotōShinkamigoto, Nagasakiis a town located in Minamimatsuura District, Nagasaki, Japan.The town was established on August 1, 2004 after the merger of the towns of Arikawa, Kamigotō, Narao, Shin'uonome and Wakamatsu, all from Minamimatsuura District...
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