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Minamikawachi (南河内郡, Minamikawachi-gun) is a district located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. In 2009 the district had an estimated population of 37,695 and a density of 491 persons per km. The total area is 76.81 km.

Towns and villages

• Kanan
• Taishi
• Chihayaakasaka

Mergers

• On February 1, 2005, the town of Mihara was merged into the city of Sakai.
• On March 1, 2008, the village of Chiahayaakasaka requested a merge into the adjacent city of Kawachinagano after talks of merging with the surrounding towns of Kanan and Taishi fell through. These plans also fell through as of August 14, 2009.

Famous people

• Sasaki Mikirô (1947- ), poet and essayist

References

1. Asahi Shimbun, Osaka edition, April 30th 2007, p. 1, 大阪唯一の村消える？ Ōsaka yuiitsu no mura kieru?
2. "市町村合併情報 滋賀県 ＜国土地理協会＞". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

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Osaka (capital)
Osaka	Wards Abeno Asahi Chūō Fukushima Higashinari Higashisumiyoshi Higashiyodogawa Hirano Ikuno Jōtō Kita Konohana Minato Miyakojima Naniwa Nishi Nishinari Nishiyodogawa Suminoe Sumiyoshi Taishō Tennōji Tsurumi Yodogawa
Sakai	Wards Higashi Kita Naka Nishi Mihara Minami Sakai
Core cities	Higashiōsaka Hirakata Neyagawa Suita Takatsuki Toyonaka Yao
Special cities	Ibaraki Kishiwada
Cities	Daitō Fujiidera Habikino Hannan Ikeda Izumi Izumiōtsu Izumisano Kadoma Kaizuka Kashiwara Katano Kawachinagano Matsubara Minoh Moriguchi Ōsakasayama Sennan Settsu Shijōnawate Takaishi Tondabayashi
Districts	Minamikawachi District Chihayaakasaka Kanan Taishi Mishima District Shimamoto Senboku District Tadaoka Sennan District Kumatori Misaki Tajiri Toyono District Nose Toyono
List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture; Note: ☆ - Cities to become core cities

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