Ama District

{{Short description|District located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan}}

File:Ama District in Aichi Prefecture.svg

{{nihongo|Ama|海部郡|Ama-gun}} is a district located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

As of October 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 74,009 with a density of 1,846 persons per km². The total area is 40.09 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of two towns and one village:

Kanie{{efn|group=lau|name=town|Classified as a town.}}
Ōharu{{efn|group=lau|name=town}}
Tobishima{{efn|group=lau|name=vill|Classified as a village.}}

History

File:Aichi Ama-gun.png:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
{{olist |Ōharu-machi |Kanie-machi |Tobishima-mura}}]]

File:Aichi Ama-gun 1889.png

= District Timeline =

= Recent mergers =

On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Saya and Saori, and the villages of Hachikai and Tatsuta were merged into the expanded city of Aisai.
On April 1, 2006 - The former town of Yatomi absorbed the village of Jūshiyama to form the city of Yatomi.
On March 22, 2010 - The towns of Shippō, Jimokuji and Miwa were merged to form the city of Ama.{{Cite book |last=矢野恒太記念会 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdVOEAAAQBAJ |title=データでみる県勢2022: 日本国勢図会地域統計版 |date=2021-12-01 |publisher=矢野恒太記念会 |isbn=978-4-87549-347-1 |pages=504 |language=ja}}

Notes

References

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Category:Districts in Aichi Prefecture