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Shioya District, Tochigi
Shioya
is a
district
in
Tochigi Prefecture
,
Japan
.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated
population
of 57,656 and a
density
of
60
.91
persons per square kilometer
. Its total area is
946
.53 km².
Towns and
villages
Shioya
Takanezawa
History
Named after an old, powerful family that
owned
most of the area in the district for
hundreds
of years.
Merger
On
March 28
, 2005 the towns of
Kitsuregawa
and
Ujiie
merged to form the
city of
Sakura
.
On
March 20
, 2006
the town
of
Fujihara
and
the village
of
Kuriyama
merged into
the city
of
Nikkō
. With this
merger
, there are no more villages left within
Tochigi
Prefecture
.
