Monou (桃生郡; -gun) was a
districtThe was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
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Miyagiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...
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Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Monou (桃生郡; -gun) was a
districtThe was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in
Miyagiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...
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Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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As of 2005, this district no longer exists.
- On April 1, 2005 the towns of Yamoto and Naruse merged to form the city of Higashimatsushima
Higashimatsushima is a city located in Miyagi, Japan.It was created on April 1, 2005, when the towns of Naruse and Yamoto, both formally of Monou District, merged to form the new city....
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- On April 1, 2005 the towns of Kahoku, Kanan, Kitakami, Monou, and Ogatsu
Ogatsu is a town located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.On April 1, 2005, Ishinomaki was merged with six towns, Kahoku, Kanan, Kitakami, Monou and Ogatsu, all from the former Monou District, and Oshika, from Oshika District, to more than quadruple its area and added nearly 60,000 people...
merged with the town of Oshika from Oshika DistrictOshika is a district located in Miyagi, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 16,069 and a density of 115.80 persons per km²...
and Ishinomaki City to form a larger new Ishinomaki CityIshinomaki is a city located in Miyagi, Japan.As of 2003, the area that the current city occupies had an estimated population of 171,068 and the density of 308.04 persons per km²...
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