Ōra District, Gunma

Location of ŌraDistrict in Gunma Prefecture

Ōra District (邑楽郡 Ōra-gun) is a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 103,895 and an area of 132.37 km², with a population density of 785 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages

The entire city of Tatebayashi was formerly part of the district.

History

The area of Ōra District was formerly part of Kōzuke Province. Per a census conducted at the end of the Edo period, the area was divided into 39 villages administered as tenryō directly by the Tokugawa shogunate and one town (Tatebayashi) and 40 villages under the control of Tatebayashi Domain and one village under Maebashi Domain. Eight villages were under the joint control of the Shogunate and Maebashi Domain, and three villages were under the joint control of the Shogunate and Tatebayashi Domain. One remaining village was under the joint control of the Shogunate and Nishibata Domain in Mikawa Province.

Historic Map of Ōra District in 1889:

1. Tatebayashi, 2. Satoya, 3. Ōshima, 4. Nishiyada, 5. Ebise, 6. Ōgano, 7. Inara, 8. Akabane, 9. Chieda, 10. Umeshima, 11.Sanuki, 12. Rokugō, 13. Minoya, 14. Tominaga, 15. Eiraku, 16. Ōkawa, 17. Koizumi, 18. Takashima, 19. Nakano, 20. Nagae, 21. Tatara 22. Watase

References

Coordinates: 36°13′58″N 139°29′31″E / 36.2327554°N 139.4918778°E / 36.2327554; 139.4918778

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