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Tagata District (田方郡,Tagata-gun) is a ruraldistrict located inShizuoka Prefecture,Japan. As of July 2012, the district has an estimatedpopulation of 38,332 and apopulation density of 589 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,530/sq mi). The total area is 65.13 square kilometres (25.15 square miles). The district's administrative centre is the city hall atMishima City.
Tagata District currently is composed of one town. The city ofAtami and parts of the cities ofMishima,Izunokuni andItō were formerly part of the district.
Tagata District was one of the original districts ofIzu Province, having been separated fromSuruga Province in thecadastral reform of 680 AD, and covered most of centralIzu Peninsula.
Modern Tagata District was established in the July 22, 1878 cadastral reforms initiated by theMeiji government with one town (Nirayama) and 61 villages. In a round of consolidation on April 1, 1889, this was reduced to seven villages, with Nirayama reduced to village status. However, on April 4, 1896, the area of the district was greatly expanded by portions of the formerKimisawa District andKamo District, to have two towns (Mishima and Atami) and 27 villages.
Itō was raised to town status on January 1, 1906. In 1924, Ajiro and Shuzenji were also raised to town status, followed by Izunagaoka in 1936.Atami was elevated to city status on April 10, 1937. The village of Toi was elevated to town status on April 1, 1938, followed by Ōhito on December 10, 1940. Mishima was elevated to city status on April 29, 1941, and Itō on August 10, 1947.
On September 30, 1956, Shimokarino Village was merged intoShuzenji Town and Seizu Village merged intoToi Town. On April 1, 1957, Ajiro Town was merged intoAtami City.
On January 1, 1958 the villages of Shimoomi, Nakaomi, and Kamiomi merged to form the town ofNakaizu, with parts of Kitakarino Village merging separately withShuzenji Town andŌhito Town on April 10, 1959.
On November 1, 1960, the villages of Nakakarino and Kamikarino merged to form the town ofAmagiyugashima.Nirayama Village was elevated back to town status on April 1, 1962.Kannami Village was elevated to town status on April 1, 1963. On April 1, 2004, the towns ofShuzenji,Amagiyugashima,Nakaizu, andToi merged to form the city ofIzu. This was followed by the merger of the towns ofNirayama,Izunagaoka, andŌhito to form the city ofIzunokuni on April 1, 2005.The village ofHeda merged intoNumazu City on the same day.
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