is a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

located in

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of September 2013, the district had an estimated population of 19,666 and an area of 831.85 km². All of the city of

Tsugaru Tsugaru (津軽) may refer to: * Tsugaru, Aomori, a city of Aomori Prefecture, Japan * Tsugaru Peninsula * Tsugaru Strait, between Honshū and Hokkaidō ** Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry, a ferry crossing this strait * Tsugaru-jamisen, a traditional style of ...

was formerly part of Nishitsugaru District. In terms of national politics, the district is represented in the

Diet of Japan The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...

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as a part of the

Aomori 3rd district Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa. As ...

Towns and villages

* Ajigasawa *

Fukaura is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,903 in 3695 households, and a population density of 16 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Fukaura is i ...

History

The area of Nishitsugaru District was formerly part of

Mutsu Province was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...

. At the time of the

Meiji restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...

of 1868, the area consisted of one towns (Ajigasawa) and 218 villages, all formerly under the control of

Hirosaki Domain Hirosaki Castle, the seat of the Hirosaki Domain , also known as , was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period JapanRavina, Mark. (1998) ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222 It is located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū ...

. Aomori Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871, and Nishitsugaru District was carved out for former Tsugaru District on October 30, 1878. file: Aomori NishiTsugaru-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Nishitsugaru District:
1.Ajigasawa 2.Akaishi 3.Fukaura 4.Nakamura 5.Narusawa 6.Koshimizu 7.Mizumoto 8.Kawayoke 9.Inagaki 10.Shariki 11.Kizukuri 12.Ōdose 13.Iwasaki 14.Maito 15.Morita 16.Shibata 17.Kashiwa 18.Shussei 19.Tateoka 20.Jusan
Purple= Tsugaru, Pink=Ajigasawa, Orange=Fukaura, Red=to Kitatsugaru District, Light Blue=to Goshogawara With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, Nishitsugaru District, was organized into one town (Ajigasawa) and 19 villages were established. *1905 - Kizukuri was elevated to town status. *1926 - Fukaura was elevated to town status. *1955 – Mizumoto and Jusan villages were transferred to Kitatsugaru District *On February 11, 2005 the town of Kizukuri and the villages of

Inagaki is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Inagaki Chusei (1897–1922), Japanese painter *Goro Inagaki (born 1973), Japanese singer and musician *Hiroshi Inagaki (1905–1980), Japanese filmmaker *Jitsuo Inagaki (1928–200 ...

Kashiwa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a si ...

, Morita, and

Shariki ''Shariki'' (Russian: Ша́рики, "The Marbles") is a puzzle video game written in 1994 for MS-DOS by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same ...

merged forming the new city of

. *On March 31, 2005 the village of

Iwasaki Iwasaki (岩崎, "rock peninsula") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akira Iwasaki (岩崎昶), Japanese film critic and producer * Carl Iwasaki, American college baseball coach *Chihiro Iwasaki (いわさきちひろ ...

merged into the town of

References

{{Authority control Districts in Aomori Prefecture