Sashima District, Ibaraki

Sashima District in Ibaraki Prefecture

Sashima (猿島郡, Sashima-gun) is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Following the Bandō merger but with 2004 population data, the district has an estimated population of 125,153 and a density of 726 persons per km². The total area is 172.25 km².

Towns and villages

• Goka
• Sakai

Mergers

• On March 22, 2005, the town of Sashima merged with the neighboring city of Iwai forming the city of Bandō.
• On September 12, 2005, the towns of Sanwa and Sōwa merged into the city of Koga.

Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito (capital)
Special cities	Mito Tsukuba
Cities	Bandō Chikusei Hitachi Hitachinaka Hitachiōmiya Hitachiōta Hokota Inashiki Ishioka Itako Jōsō Kamisu Kasama Kashima Kasumigaura Kitaibaraki Koga Moriya Naka Namegata Omitama Ryūgasaki Sakuragawa Shimotsuma Takahagi Toride Tsuchiura Tsukubamirai Ushiku Yūki
Higashiibaraki District	Ibaraki Ōarai Shirosato
Inashiki District	Ami Kawachi Miho
Kitasōma District	Tone
Kuji District	Daigo
Naka District	Tōkai
Sashima District	Goka Sakai
Yūki District	Yachiyo
List of mergers in Ibaraki Prefecture