Kikuchi District, Kumamoto

Kikuchi (菊池郡) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

As of the Koshi merger (but with 2003 population statistics), the district has an estimated population of 58,300 and a density of 427 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 136.66 km2.

Towns

 * Kikuyō
 * Ōzu

Mergers

 * See merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.


 * On March 22, 2005 the towns of Shichijō and Shisui, and the village of Kyokushi merged into the expanded city of Kikuchi.
 * On February 27, 2006 the towns of Kōshi and Nishigōshi merged to form the new city of Kōshi.