Awa District ( 安房郡 , Awa-gun ) is a district located in Chiba Prefecture , Japan . As of August 2010, the district had an estimated population of 8,992 and a density of 198 persons per km . Its total area was 45.16 square kilometres (17.44 sq mi). Awa District at present consists only of the town of Kyonan
4-415: Awa District may refer to: Awa District, Chiba , Japan Awa District, Tokushima , Japan See also [ edit ] Awa (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-553: The ancient districts of Kazusa Province , and originally covered all of the southern end of Bōsō Peninsula . In 718, it was separated from Kazusa to become the separate province of Awa , which existed to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. In the cadastral reforms of the early Meiji period, Awa Province was divided into four modern districts in 1868: Awa District ( 安房郡 ) , Asai District ( 朝夷郡 ) , Nagasa District ( 長狭郡 ) and Hei District ( 平郡 ) (formerly called Heguri). At
12-407: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Awa_District&oldid=932702518 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Awa District, Chiba Awa District was one of
16-461: The time of its formation, Awa District consisted of 93 hamlets, divided evenly between Tateyama Domain and Nagao Domain . These were consolidated into two towns ( Tateyama and Hōjō, which merged with Tateyama in 1993) and nine villages. In 1897, three districts of Asai, Hei and Nagasa were absorbed into Awa District, at which time Awa District expanded to seven towns and 37 villages. Subsequently, Awa District has been gradually reduced in size through
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