Jōbō District, Okayama

Jōbō (上房郡, Jōbō-gun) was a district located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 16,967 and a density of 69.13 persons per km². The total area was 245.45 km².

Towns and villages

Mergers

On October 1, 2004 - the town of Ukan, along with the towns of Bitchū, Kawakami and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi.
On October 1, 2004 - the town of Kayō, along with the town of Kamogawa (from Mitsu District), was merged to create the town of Kibichūō. The new town belongs to the newly created Kaga District, founded upon this merger.
On March 31, 2005 - the town of Hokubō, along the towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka, Kawakami, Mikamo and Yatsuka (all from Maniwa District), was merged to create the city of Maniwa. Jōbō District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Okayama Prefecture

Wards of Okayama (capital city)	Kita Naka Higashi Minami

Other cities	Akaiwa Asakuchi Bizen Ibara Kasaoka Kurashiki Maniwa Mimasaka Niimi Setouchi Sōja Takahashi Tamano Tsuyama

Aida District	Nishiawakura

Asakuchi District	Satoshō

Kaga District	Kibichūō

Katsuta District	Nagi Shōō

Kume District	Kumenan Misaki

Maniwa District	Shinjō

Oda District	Yakage

Tomata District	Kagamino

Tsukubo District	Hayashima

Wake District	Wake

Authority control	NDL: 00637402

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