was a
district
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located in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
,
Japan
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.
As of March 31, 2005, the district had an estimated
population
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of 35,762. The total area was 402.98 km
2.
It was written that there were nine areas Yamaguchi, Kuwaichi, Ita, Katsu, Hirata, Toga, Asago and Awaga in Asago District on
Wamyō Ruijushō
The is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters. The Heian period scholar Minamoto no Shitagō (源順, 911–983 CE) began compilation in 934, at the request of Emperor Daigo's daughter. This ''Wamyō ruijushō'' title is abbreviated ...
. It is thought that
Ikuno was included in
Fudoki
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for
Harima Province
or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.
During the ...
.
* November 18, 1878 (''
Meiji 11''): the township and villages law enforcement organization since the merger of towns and villages
* April 1, 1889 (''Meiji 22''): Mayumi County village from the village
* September 30, 956 (Showa 1931): the adoptive father County town from the south
* April 1, 1957 (''
Showa 32''): the town of Kanzaki County Ookawati Totihara Kawashiri district incorporation
* April 1, 1959 (''Showa 34''): Wadayama day by the moat from the district town to town adoptive father separation County adoptive father to the border counties have been changed.
Prior to March 31, 2005, the district had 4 towns.
*
Asago
*
Ikuno
*
Santō
*
Wadayama
On April 1, 2005, the former town of
Asago absorbed the towns of
Ikuno,
Santō and
Wadayama to create the city of
Asago. Therefore, Asago District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
County governments in transition
* April 1, 1889 - the areas in Asago District merged to the forms of one town and eight villages.
* April 1, 1926 - the village of Yanase was elevated to town status.
* January 1, 1927 - the village of Takeda was elevated to town status.
* April 10, 1930 - the village of Hirata was elevated to town status (town of Wadayama).
* March 31, 1954 - the town of Yanase, and the villages of Awaga and Youdo were merged (
town of Santō).
* March 31, 1954 - the villages of Yamaguchi and Nakagawa were merged (
town of Asago).
* March 31, 1955 - the town of Wadayama, and the village of Toga were merged (town of Wadayama).
* September 30, 1956 - the towns of Wadayama, Takeda, and Nantan,
Yabu District were merged (
town of Wadayama).
* April 1, 1957 - the Kawajiri and Tochihara areas in the
town of Ōkawachi,
Kanzaki District were incorporated into the town of Ikuno.
* April 1, 1959 - the part of Horihata area in Wadayama town was incorporated into the
town of Yabu,
Yabu District (Horihata, Yabu)
* April 1, 2005 - The former town of Asago absorbed the towns of Ikuno, Santō and Wadayama were merged to create the city of
Asago. Asago District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
See also
*
List of dissolved districts of Japan
A district of Japan is dissolved when all towns or villages in the district become cities or are merged into the city. The following is a list of dissolved districts of Japan. The date shown is the day the district was dissolved (i.e. the district ...
External links
Asago City HallConference of merging of Ikuno, Wadayama Santō and Asago
Former districts of Hyōgo Prefecture
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