Sanbu District

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{{Nihongo|Sanbu District|山武郡|Sanbu-gun}} is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei | title = 山武郡 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-12-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Sanbu District | id = dlc 2009238904 | oclc = 173191044 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 }} As of January 2013, the district had a population of 49,488 and a population density of 369 persons per km². The total area is {{convert|134.1|km2|mi2}}.

Towns and villages

=Elevation of Ōamishirasato to city status=

Ōamishirasato, formerly a town in Sanbu District, was elevated to city status on January 1, 2013, and is no longer part of Sanbu District.{{cite journal | editor = Ishii, Sōseki |date=May 2012 | script-title=ja:平成25年１月１日大網白里市誕生に向けて |trans-title=Toward the formation of the city of Ōamishirasato on Jan. 1, 2013 | journal = Hōkoku Ōamishirasato | issue = 541 | pages = 2 | location = Ōamishirasato-machi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | publisher = Ōamishirasato-machi, Hissho Kōhōka, Kōhō Tōkeihan | language = Japanese | accessdate = May 10, 2012 | url = http://www.town.oamishirasato.chiba.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000002/2886/p02.pdf}}{{cite news | script-title = ja:大網白里町:名称「大網白里市」に来年１月 | trans-title = Town of Ōamishirasato will be named "City of Ōamishirasato" in January 2013 | author = Yoshimura, Kenji | url = http://mainichi.jp/area/chiba/news/20120302ddlk12010092000c.html | newspaper = Mainichi Shinbun | publisher = Mainichi Newspapers | location = Tokyo | oclc = 10684368 | date = March 2, 2012 | accessdate = May 10, 2012 | language = Japanese | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120710125425/http://mainichi.jp/area/chiba/news/20120302ddlk12010092000c.html | archivedate = 2012-07-10 }}{{cite news | script-title=ja:新市へ５８年の歴史に幕　大網白里町で閉町式 | url = http://www.chibanippo.co.jp/c/news/local/116577 | newspaper = Chiba Nippo | publisher = Chiba Nippo Co., Ltd. | location= Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | date= 2012-12-29 | accessdate= 2012-12-31 | language= Japanese |trans-title=After 58 Years, a New City: a Ceremony for the Closing of the Town of Ōamishirasato}}

History

During the early Meiji period establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, the districts of {{nihongo|Yamabe District|山辺郡|Yamabe-gun}} with 3 towns and 14 villages, and {{nihongo|Musha District|武射郡|Musha-gun}} with 1 towns and 14 villages were created in what was formerly the north-eastern portion of Kazusa Province. The two districts were formally merged into the new Sanbu District on April 1, 1897.

Mergers

On March 27, 2006, the towns of Sanbu, Naruto, Hasunuma and Matsuo merged to form the new city of Sanmu.
On March 27, 2006, the town of Yokoshiba merged with Hikari from Sōsa District to form the new town of Yokoshibahikari in Sanbu District.

References

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Category:Districts in Chiba Prefecture