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Kanra District (甘楽郡,Kanra-gun) is arural district inGunma Prefecture,Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 22,972 and an area of 365.82 km2, with a population density of 62.8 people per square kilometer.
The southern part of the city ofTakasaki and all of the city ofTomioka were formerly part of the district.
The area of Kanra District was formerly part ofKōzuke Province and appears inNara period records, such as the 711 ADShoku Nihongi as Kanra gun (甘良郡). Its etymology indicates that it was an area settled by large numbers of people from theKorean peninsula. Per a census conducted at the end of theEdo period, the area was divided into three towns and 79 villages administered astenryō directly by theTokugawa shogunate, 21 villages under the control ofNanokaichi Domain and 32 villages under the control ofObata Domain. Two more villages were under the shared control of Obata Domain and the Tokugawa shogunate.
On December 7, 1878, the area was divided into Minamikanra District (which becameTano District and Kitakanra District (present-day Kanra District).With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889 the area was organized into five towns (Tomioka, Ichinomiya, Myōgi, Shimonita and Fukushima) and 18 villages.
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