is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

located in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...

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Population

Following the March 23, 2010

Kumamoto is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a populat ...

merger the district consists of the single town of Misato. After the merger, the district has an estimated

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of 11,164 and a

density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ...

of 77.5 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 144.03 km².

Towns and villages

* Misato

Mergers

:''See

Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan have occurred since the Meiji era to join the facilities and legal boundaries of municipal districts, towns, and cities. Often, these mergers are driven by a necessity to consolidate villages and 'natural settlements' into larger-scale cities as ...

.'' *On November 1, 2004, the

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Chūō and Tomochi merged to form the new town of Misato. *On January 15, 2005, the

of Matsubase, Ogawa and Toyono merged with the

of Misumi and Shiranuhi from Uto District to form the new

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

of Uki. *On October 6, 2008 the town of Tomiai was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto. *On March 23, 2010 the town of Jōnan, along with the town of Ueki, from Kamoto District, was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto.都道府県別市町村変更情報：福岡
." ''kokudo.or.jp''. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.

References

External links

Districts in Kumamoto Prefecture {{Kumamoto-geo-stub