Uto District, Kumamoto

Uto District (宇土郡, Uto-gun) was a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 19,496 and the density of 252.77 persons per square kilometer. The total area was 77.13 km².

Former towns and villages

On January 15, 2005, the towns of Misumi and Shiranuhi merged with the towns of Matsubase, Ogawa and Toyono, all from Shimomashiki District, to form the new city of Uki. Uto District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Kumamoto Prefecture

Kumamoto (capital)

Wards of Kumamoto	Chūō Higashi Kita Minami Nishi

Cities	Amakusa Arao Aso Hitoyoshi Kami-Amakusa Kikuchi Kōshi Minamata Tamana Uki Uto Yamaga Yatsushiro

Amakusa District	Reihoku

Ashikita District	Ashikita Tsunagi

Aso District	Minamioguni Oguni Takamori Minamiaso Nishihara Ubuyama

Kamimashiki District	Kashima Kōsa Mashiki Mifune Yamato

Kikuchi District	Kikuyō Ōzu

Kuma District	Asagiri Nishiki Taragi Yunomae Itsuki Kuma Mizukami Sagara Yamae

Shimomashiki District	Misato

Tamana District	Gyokutō Nagasu Nagomi Nankan

Yatsushiro District	Hikawa

List of mergers in Kumamoto Prefecture

Authority control	NDL: 00319339

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