Watari District, Miyagi

Watari (亘理郡, Watari-gun) is a district located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 53,076 and a population density of 385.47 persons per km². The total area is 137.69 km².

Towns and villages

• Watari
• Yamamoto

Merger

The towns of Watari and Yamamoto were planning to merge and create a new city under the name of Watari. Watari District would dissolve if the city should be created.^[1] However, nothing has yet to occur.

References

v t e Miyagi Prefecture Sendai (capital) Aoba Izumi Miyagino Taihaku Wakabayashi Other cities Higashimatsushima Ishinomaki Iwanuma Kakuda Kesennuma Kurihara Natori Ōsaki Shiogama Shiroishi Tagajō Tome Districts Igu Kami Katta Kurokawa Miyagi Motoyoshi Oshika Shibata Tōda Watari See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 38°00′00″N 140°52′55″E / 38.000°N 140.882°E / 38.000; 140.882