- Chōsei District, Chiba
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Chōsei District (長生郡 Chōsei-gun ) is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the district has an estimated population of 63,382 and a density of 279 persons per km². The total area was 226.97 km². The district formerly included all of the city of Mobara and a small portion of the city of Isumi.
Towns and villages
History
During the Edo period, almost all of the area present-day Chōsei District was tenryō under direct control of the central government and administered by various hatamoto, with the exception of Ichinomiya, most of which was under the rule of Ichinomiya Domain, a minor feudal domain of the Tokugawa shogunate ruled by the Kano clan. Chōsei District was created on April 1, 1889 out of the merger of the short-lived early Meiji period districts of Nagara (3 towns, 17 villages) and Kamihabu (1 town, five villages). Shirakata Village was elevated to town status on February 11, 1940. Mobara was elevated to city status on April 1, 1952. Nagara was raised to town status on April 29, 1955, and Honnō Town merged into the city of Mobara on May 1, 1972. Mutsuzawa was raised to town status on April 1, 1983.
References
- Districts in Chiba Prefecture. General Books. 2010. ISBN 1158371128.
- Counties of Japan
Coordinates: 35°23′N 140°22′E / 35.383°N 140.367°E
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