was a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 117,639 and a density of 293.97 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 400.18&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

Former towns and villages

  • Aino
  • Ariake
  • Arie
  • Azuma
  • Chijiwa
  • Fukae
  • Futsu
  • Kazusa
  • Kita-Arima
  • Kuchinotsu
  • Kunimi
  • Minami-Arima
  • Minami-Kushiyama
  • Mizuho
  • Nishi-Arie
  • Obama

Mergers

  • On October 11, 2005 - the towns of Aino, Azuma, Chijiwa, Kunimi, Minami-Kushiyama, Mizuho and Obama were merged to create the city of Unzen.
  • On January 1, 2006 - the town of Ariake were merged into the expanded city of Shimabara.
  • On March 31, 2006 - the towns of Arie, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kita-Arima, Kuchinotsu, Minami-Arima and Nishi-Arie were merged to create the city of Minami-Shimabara. Minamitakaki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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