Kinosaki District, Hyōgo

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Kinosaki (城崎郡; -gun) was a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2005, the district was dissolved when all of its towns merged into other jurisdictions.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 41,455 and a density of 98.36 persons per km². The total area was 421.48 km².

[edit] Mergers

On April 1, 2005 the town of Kasumi merged with the towns of Mikata and Muraoka from Mikata District to form the town of Kami in Mikata District.
On April 1, 2005 the towns of Hidaka, Kinosaki, and Takeno merged with the old city of Toyooka to create the new city of Toyooka. Due to this merger and the merger of Kasumi into Kami, Kinosaki District was dissolved.