Tamana District, Kumamoto

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Tamana (玉名郡; -gun) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

Following the Tamana merger but with 2003 population estimates, the district has an estimated population of 47,029 and the density of 222 persons per km². The total area is 211.54 km².

[edit] Towns and villages

• Gyokutō
• Nagasu
• Nagomi
• Nankan

[edit] Mergers

See Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.

• On October 3, 2005, the towns of Taimei, Tensui and Yokoshima merged into the city of Tamana.

• On March 1, 2006, the towns of Kikusui and Mikawa merged to form the new town of Nagomi.

Kumamoto Prefecture
Cities
Amakusa | Arao | Aso | Hitoyoshi | Kami-Amakusa | Kikuchi | Kōshi | Kumamoto (capital) | Minamata | Tamana | Uki | Uto | Yamaga | Yatsushiro
Districts
Amakusa | Ashikita | Aso | Kamimashiki | Kamoto | Kikuchi | Kuma | Shimomashiki | Tamana | Yatsushiro
See also: Towns and villages by district edit