Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki

Higashiibaraki District (yellow) in Ibaraki Prefecture

Higashiibaraki District (東茨城郡, Higashiibaraki-gun) is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 122,478 and a density of 284 persons per km². The total area is 431.44 km².

Towns and villages

On October 16, 2004 the town of Ōmiya absorbed the villages of Miwa and Ogawa, all from Naka District; the town of Yamagata, and the village of Gozenyama, in order to turn the town into the current city of Hitachiōmiya.
On February 1, 2005 the town of Jōhoku, and village of Katsura merged with the village of Nanakai, from Nishiibaraki District, to form the new town of Shirosato.
Also on February 1, 2005 the town of Uchihara merged into the city of Mito.
On March 20, 2006 the towns of Ogawa and Minori merged with the village of Tamari, from Niihari District, to form the new city of Omitama.
On December 8, 2007 the town of Ibaraki was scheduled to merge into the city of Mito, but those plans were abandoned.

Ibaraki Prefecture

Mito (capital)

Special cities	Mito Tsukuba

Cities	Bandō Chikusei Hitachi Hitachinaka Hitachiōmiya Hitachiōta Hokota Inashiki Ishioka Itako Jōsō Kamisu Kasama Kashima Kasumigaura Kitaibaraki Koga Moriya Naka Namegata Omitama Ryūgasaki Sakuragawa Shimotsuma Takahagi Toride Tsuchiura 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

List of mergers in Ibaraki Prefecture

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