Mikata District, Hyōgo

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Mikata District in Hyōgo Prefecture

This article is about the district in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. There is another district with this name in Fukui Prefecture, see Mikata District, Fukui.

Mikata (美方郡, Mikata-gun) is a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

As of the April 1, 2005 merger (but using 2003 population statistics), the district has an estimated population of 40,084 and a density of 66 persons per km². The total area is 610.02 km².

Towns and villages

Mergers

On April 1, 2005 the towns of Mikata and Muraoka merged with the town of Kasumi, from Kinosaki District, to form the new town of Kami.
On October 1, 2005 the towns of Hamasaka and Onsen merged to form the town of Shin'onsen.

Points of interest

Tajima Plateau Botanical Gardens
Antaiji Zen monastery

References

v t e Hyōgo Prefecture

Kobe (capital city)	Chūō Higashinada Hyōgo Kita Nada Nagata Nishi Suma Tarumi

Other cities	Aioi Akashi Akō Amagasaki Asago Ashiya Awaji Himeji Itami Kakogawa Kasai Katō Kawanishi Miki Minamiawaji Nishinomiya Nishiwaki Ono Sanda Sasayama Shisō Sumoto Takarazuka Takasago Tamba Tatsuno Toyooka Yabu

Akō District	Kamigōri

Ibo District	Taishi

Kako District	Harima Inami

Kanzaki District	Fukusaki Ichikawa Kamikawa

Kawabe District	Inagawa

Mikata District	Kami Shin'onsen

Sayō District	Sayō

Taka District	Taka

Coordinates: 35°34′01″N 134°33′04″E / 35.567°N 134.551°E / 35.567; 134.551

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