Kamihei District, Iwate
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Kamihei District (上閉伊郡, Kamihei-gun) is a rural district in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[1]
From 2005, the district consists only of the town of Ōtsuchi, which as of June 1, 2019 had an estimated population of 11,106 with a density of 55.4 per km2 and an area of 200.42 km2. The entire city of Tōno, and all of the city of Kamaishi with the exception of the village of Tōni were formerly part of Kamihei District.
