Uda District, Nara
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Uda is a district
Districts of Japan
The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...

 located in Nara Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....

, Japan
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As of 2005, the district has an estimated population
Population
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 of 42,752 and a density
Population density
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 of 113.98 persons per km². The total area is 375.09 km².

Merger

  • On January 1, 2006 the towns of Haibara
    Haibara, Nara
    was a town located in Uda District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 18,708 and a density of 290.45 persons per km²...

    , Murō
    Muro, Nara
    was a village located in Uda District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the village had an estimated population of 5,939 and a density of 55.00 persons per km². The total area was 107.99 km²....

     and Ōuda
    Ouda, Nara
    was a town located in Uda District, Nara, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Ōuda was merged with the towns of Haibara and Utano, and the village of Murō, all from Uda District, to form the new city of Uda....

    , and the village of Utano
    Utano, Nara
    was a town located in Uda District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 4,746 and a density of 170.84 persons per km². The total area was 27.78 km²....

     merged to form the new city of Uda
    Uda, Nara
    is a city located in northeastern Nara, Japan.On January 1, 2006, the towns of Haibara, Ōuda and Utano, and the village of Murō, all from Uda District, were merged to form Uda City. As of December 29, 2005 the population was 38,648 people. The total area is 247.62 km².Each former town became a ward...

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