Nishiiwai-gun (Iwate)

Nishiiwai County (yellow) in Iwate Prefecture

Nishiiwai ( Japanese 西磐井郡 , - gun ) is a district in the southwest of Iwate Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

In 2005 the district covered an area of 63.39 km²; the estimated population was 8,782, the population density therefore around 139 inhabitants / km².

Parishes in the districts of Nishi- (western; numbered) and Higashi-Iwai (eastern Iwai ), which have been separate since 1879, after the Great Meiji Territorial Reform of 1889
15th: the former village of Hiraizumi ( 平泉村 ); In 1953 it became a city and in 1955 it merged with the village of Nagashima from East Iwai, today's extension in pink.
1st: the then district town Ichinoseki ( 一関町 ), today's expansion as a district-free city in purple.

Since 2005, the district has only consisted of the city of Hiraizumi .

Individual evidence

↑ 平泉関係年表 Hiraizumi-kankei nenpyō , German 'Timeline of events related to Hiraizumi' . 平泉町世界遺産推進室 Hiraizumichō sekai isan suishin-shitsu , German 'City of Hiraizumi, Office for the Promotion of World Heritage' , accessed on 10. April 2019 (Japanese).

38.9865 141.11355Coordinates: 38 ° 59 ' N , 141 ° 7' E

[1] 平泉関係年表 Hiraizumi-kankei nenpyō , German 'Timeline of events related to Hiraizumi' . 平泉町世界遺産推進室 Hiraizumichō sekai isan suishin-shitsu , German 'City of Hiraizumi, Office for the Promotion of World Heritage' , accessed on 10. April 2019 (Japanese).