Agatsuma District, Gunma

Agatsuma District (吾妻郡 Agatsuma-gun) is a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 56,994 and an area of 1,278.55 km², with a population density of 44.6 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages

Agatsuma District
  1. former Agatsuma (now part of Higashiagatsuma)
  2. former Azuma (now part of Higashiagatsuma)
  3. Kusatsu
  4. former Kuni (now part of Nakanojō)
  5. Takayama
  6. Tsumagoi
  7. Nakanojō
  8. Naganohara

History

The area of Agatsuma District was formerly part of Kōzuke Province, and per a census conducted at the start of the Meiji period, consisted of 42 villages administered as tenryō directly by the Tokugawa shogunate and four towns and 44 villages administered as hatamoto-territory, primarily by the Oguri-clan.

With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889 the area was organized into three towns (Nakanojō, Hara and Naganohara) and ten villages

Historic Map of Agatsuma District in 1889:
1. Nakanojō, 2. Hara, 3. Azuma, 4. Ōta, 5. Sakanoue, 6. Iwashima. 7. Nakanohara, 8. Tsumagoe, 9. Kusatsu, 10. Sawada, 11.Isuma, 12.Nakuta, 13. Kuga

Coordinates: 36°34′N 138°49′E / 36.567°N 138.817°E / 36.567; 138.817

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