Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki

{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} [[File:Nishisonogi District in Nagasaki Prefecture.png|thumb|250px|The location of Nishisonogi District in Nagasaki Prefecture.]] {{Nihongo|'''Nishisonogi'''|西彼杵郡|Nishisonogi-gun}} is a [[districts of Japan|district]] located in [[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. As of January 1, 2009, the district has an estimated [[population]] of 72,238 and a [[population density|density]] of 1460 persons per km². The total area is 49.54 km². ==Mergers== *On January 4, 2005 the towns of [[Iōjima, Nagasaki|Iōjima]], [[Koyagi, Nagasaki|Kōyagi]], [[Nomozaki, Nagasaki|Nomozaki]], [[Sanwa, Nagasaki|Sanwa]], [[Sotome, Nagasaki|Sotome]] and [[Takashima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi)|Takashima]] merged into the city of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]. *On March 1, 2005 the town of [[Tarami, Nagasaki|Tarami]], along with the towns of [[Iimori, Nagasaki|Iimori]], [[Konagai, Nagasaki|Konagai]], [[Moriyama, Nagasaki|Moriyama]] and [[Takaki, Nagasaki|Takaki]], all from [[Kitatakaki District, Nagasaki|Kitatakaki District]], merged into the expanded city of [[Isahaya, Nagasaki|Isahaya]]. *On April 1, 2005 the old town of [[Saikai, Nagasaki|Saikai]] absorbed the towns of [[Oseto, Nagasaki|Ōseto]], [[Ōshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi)|Ōshima]], [[Sakito, Nagasaki|Sakito]] and [[Seihi, Nagasaki|Seihi]] to form the new city of [[Saikai, Nagasaki|Saikai]]. *On January 4, 2006 the town of [[Kinkai, Nagasaki|Kinkai]] merged into the city of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]. {{Nagasaki}} {{coord missing|Nagasaki Prefecture}}