Kashima District, Ibaraki

This article is about the district in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. There is a city in Ibaraki with this name, see Kashima, Ibaraki. For other uses see Kashima.

Kashima (鹿島郡; -gun) is a district located in Ibaraki, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 141,935 and a density of 404.21 persons per km². The total area is 351.14 km².

Mergers

• On August 1, 2005, the municipalities of Hasaki and Kamisu merged to create the new city of Kamisu.
• On October 11, 2005 the town of Hokota and the villages of Asahi and Taiyō merged to create the city of Hokota. Kashima District was thereby dissolved.