Shioya District, Tochigi
Shioya (塩谷郡 Shioya-gun) is a district located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 57,656 and a density of 60.91 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 946.53 km².
Towns and villages
History
- Named after an old, powerful family that owned most of the area in the district for hundreds of years.
Merger
- On March 28, 2005 the towns of Kitsuregawa and Ujiie merged to form the city of Sakura.
- On March 20, 2006 the town of Fujihara and the village of Kuriyama merged into the city of Nikkō. With this merger, there are no more villages left within Tochigi Prefecture.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates: 36°46′37″N 139°49′41″E / 36.777°N 139.828°E
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, September 30, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.