Abu District, Yamaguchi

Abu District, Yamaguchi

Abu (阿武郡; -gun) is a district located in Yamaguchi, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 27,147 and a density of 27.99 persons per km². The total area is 969.73 km².

The district has two towns.
*Abu
*Ato

The town of Abu and the municipalities of Asahi, Fukue, Kawakami, Mutsumi, Susa, and Tamagawa along with the city of Hagi created the regional government to cover the region known as the Hagi Regional Municipal Government. The town of Abu dropped out from the merger because of the indifferentual reasons with the city of Hagi. The remaining towns and villages and the city of Hagi merged on March 6, 2005 to form the new city of Hagi.

The town of Ato was scheduled to merge with the city of Yamaguchi, but since the town failed to join the merger process, the town remains independent.


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