was formerly a
rural district located in
Shizuoka Prefecture,
Japan. The entire area of the district is now within modern
Shizuoka City
is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times. the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households, an ...
, with the original core area corresponding to the extension of
Aoi Ward.
History
Abe District was one of the original districts of
Suruga Province. Modern Abe District was established in the July 22, 1878, cadastral reforms initiated by the
Meiji government
The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan.
Politicians of the Meiji government were known as the Meiji o ...
with one town (
Shizuoka
Shizuoka can refer to:
* Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture
* Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture
* Shizuoka Airport
* Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture
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) and 114 villages. In a round of consolidation on April 1, 1889, Shizuoka was elevated to city status, and the number of villages was reduced to 15 villages. However, on April 1, 1896,
Udo District was merged with Abe District, bringing in two towns (Shimizu and Irie) and raising the total number of villages to 23.
Irie Town merged with the towns of Irie and Tsuji from
Haibara District on January 13, 1924. However, Irie then merged with Shimizu to form the city of Shimizu on February 11 of the same year.
The city of Shizuoka gradually annexed the remaining 20 villages between 1928 and 1968. On January 1, 1969, Abe District was formally dissolved after the remaining villages of Ōkōchi, Umegashima, Tamakawa, Ikawa, Kiyosawa, and Ōkawa merged in the city of Shizuoka.
Former districts of Shizuoka Prefecture
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