Shioya District, Tochigi
Shioya (塩谷郡, Shioya-gun) is a district in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 57,656 and a density of 60.91 persons per square kilometer. Its total area is 946.53 km2.
Towns and villages
- Shioya
- Takanezawa
History
- Named after an old, powerful family that owned most of the area in the district for hundreds of years.
Merger
- On March 28, 2005 the towns of Kitsuregawa and Ujiie merged to form the city of Sakura.
- On March 20, 2006 the town of Fujihara and the village of Kuriyama merged into the city of Nikkō. With this merger, there are no more villages left within Tochigi Prefecture.
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Utsunomiya (capital)
- Utsunomiya
![Flag of Tochigi Prefecture](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg/60px-Flag_of_Tochigi_Prefecture.svg.png)
- Ashikaga
- Kanuma
- Mooka
- Nasukarasuyama
- Nasushiobara
- Nikkō
- Ōtawara
- Oyama
- Sakura
- Sano
- Shimotsuke
- Tochigi
- Yaita
36°46′37″N 139°49′41″E / 36.777°N 139.828°E / 36.777; 139.828
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