Minamitakaki (南高来郡, Minami-Takaki-gun, English: South Takaki District) was a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 117,639 and a density of 293.97 persons per km². The total area was 400.18 km².

Former towns and villages

Mergers

On October 11, 2005 - the towns of Aino, Azuma, Chijiwa, Kunimi, Minami-Kushiyama, Mizuho and Obama were merged to create the city of Unzen.^[1]^[2]

On January 1, 2006 - the town of Ariake were merged into the expanded city of Shimabara.
On March 31, 2006 - the towns of Arie, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kita-Arima, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima and Nishi-Arie were merged to create the city of Minami-Shimabara. Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

^ "歴史". 雲仙市 (in Japanese). 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2024-02-07. その後の合併を経て昭和44年4月に国見町、瑞穂町、吾妻町、愛野町、千々石町、小浜町、南串山町の7町構成となり、平成17年10月11日に7町が対等合併し雲仙市となった。
^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 150. Kunimi-cho, Mizuho-cho, Azuma-cho, Aino-machi, Chijiwa-cho, Obama-cho and Minamikushiyama-cho were incorporated into a newly established Unzen-shi as of October 11, 2005.

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