Makabe District, Ibaraki

Makabe (真壁郡, Makabe-gun) was a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

As of the Chikusei merger, but with 2003 population data, the district had an estimated population of 26,699 and a density of 288 persons per km². The total area was 92.62 km².

Towns and villages at the time of closure

Mergers

On March 28, 2005 - the towns of Akeno, Kyōwa and Sekijō were merged with the city of Shimodate to create the city of Chikusei.
On October 1, 2005 - the town of Makabe, and the village of Yamato were merged with the town of Iwase (from Nishiibaraki District) to create the city of Sakuragawa. Therefore, Makabe District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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

Authority control	NDL: 00412868

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