Sashima District, Ibaraki

Sashima (猿島郡, Sashima-gun) is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Following the Bandō merger but with 2004 population data, the district has an estimated population of 125,153 and a density of 726 persons per km². The total area is 172.25 km².

Towns and villages

Goka
Sakai

Mergers

On March 22, 2005, the town of Sashima merged with the neighboring city of Iwai forming the city of Bandō.
On September 12, 2005, the towns of Sanwa and Sōwa merged into the city of Koga.

Ibaraki Prefecture

Cities	Bandō Chikusei Hitachi Hitachinaka Hitachiōmiya Hitachiōta Hokota Inashiki Ishioka Itako Jōsō Kamisu Kasama Kashima Kasumigaura Kitaibaraki Koga Mito (capital) Moriya Naka Namegata Omitama Ryūgasaki Sakuragawa Shimotsuma Takahagi Toride Tsuchiura Tsukuba Tsukubamirai Ushiku Yūki

Higashiibaraki District	Ibaraki Ōarai Shirosato

Inashiki District	Ami Kawachi Miho

Kitasōma District	Tone

Kuji District	Daigo

Naka District	Tōkai

Sashima District	Goka Sakai

Yūki District	Yachiyo

Authority control	VIAF: 258447678 NDL: 00427774

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