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Onga (遠賀郡; -gun) is a district located in Fukuoka, Japan.
According to 2005 Japanese Census data, the district has a population of 97,537 and a density of 1,045.73 persons per km². The total area is 93.10 km².
[edit] Towns currently in this district
- Ashiya-machi（芦屋町）
- Mizumaki-machi（水巻町）
- Okagaki-machi（岡垣町）
- Onga-cho（遠賀町）
- Terms "machi" and "cho"(both written as 町) mean "town", Onga is the only town in Fukuoka Prefecture which pronounces 町 as "cho", while all other towns pronounce it as "machi".
[edit] Towns and Villages formerly in this district
- Katsuki（香月町）:Merged to Yahata City(八幡市. described below) in 1955, currently Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū（北九州市八幡西区）
- Kōjaku Village（上津役村）:Merged to Yahata City in 1937, currently Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
- Kurosaki（黒崎町）:Merged to Yahata City in 1926, currently Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
- Nakama（中間町）:Upgraded to City（中間市） in 1958
- Orio（折尾町）:Merged to Yahata City in 1944, currently Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
- Tobata（戸畑町）:Upgraded to City in 1924, currently Tobata-ku, Kitakyūshū（北九州市戸畑区）
- Wakamatsu（若松町）:Upgraded to City in 1914, currently Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū（北九州市若松区）
- Yahata（八幡町）:Upgraded to City（八幡市） in 1917, currently Yahata Higashi-ku, Kitakyūshū（北九州市八幡東区）
