Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki Explained

was a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 117,639 and a density of 293.97 persons per km². The total area was 400.18 km².

Former towns and villages

• Aino
• Ariake
• Arie
• Azuma
• Chijiwa
• Fukae
• Futsu
• Kazusa
• Kita-Arima
• Kuchinotsu
• Kunimi
• Minami-Arima
• Minami-Kushiyama
• Mizuho
• Nishi-Arie
• Obama

Mergers

• On October 11, 2005 - the towns of Aino, Azuma, Chijiwa, Kunimi, Minami-Kushiyama, Mizuho and Obama were merged to create the city of Unzen.^{[1] [2]}
• On January 1, 2006 - the town of Ariake were merged into the expanded city of Shimabara.
• On March 31, 2006 - the towns of Arie, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kita-Arima, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima and Nishi-Arie were merged to create the city of Minami-Shimabara. Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-11-19 . 歴史 . 2024-02-07 . 雲仙市 . ja . その後の合併を経て昭和44年4月に国見町、瑞穂町、吾妻町、愛野町、千々石町、小浜町、南串山町の7町構成となり、平成17年10月11日に7町が対等合併し雲仙市となった。.
2. Book: 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 . 2005 . 総務庁統計局 . 150 . ja . Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register . Kunimi-cho, Mizuho-cho, Azuma-cho, Aino-machi, Chijiwa-cho, Obama-cho and Minamikushiyama-cho were incorporated into a newly established Unzen-shi as of October 11, 2005..