Shimohei District, Iwate


Shimohei is a rural district in Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan., the district has an estimated population of 29,559 and a population density of 20 persons per km². The total area is 1,481.02 km².
Much of the city of Miyako was formerly within the district. There are two towns and two villages within the district.
During the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate, the district was within Mutsu Province and was under the control of the Nanbu clan of Morioka Domain. In 1869, following the Meiji restoration, Mutsu Province was divided, with the area of Hei District becoming part of Rikuchū Province, and from 1872, part of Iwate Prefecture.
On January 4, 1879, Hei District was divided into five districts and 25 villages.

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