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was a
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located in
Fukui Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 737,229 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,190 Square kilometre, km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture border ...
,
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. The time before the dissolution, the district had an estimated
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of 5,044 with a
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of 36.62 persons per km2. The total area was 137.73 km2.


Municipalities

Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town: * ;Notes:


History

The district was first established in 1878, with a county office in Fukui Sakae-cho that governed both Asuwa and Yoshida Districts.


District Timeline


Recent mergers

* On February 1, 2006 - The town of Miyama, along with the town of Shimizu and the village of Koshino (both from Nyū District) were merged into the expanded city of Fukui. Therefore, Asuwa District was dissolved as a result of this merger.


See also

* List of dissolved districts of Japan


References

{{coord missing, Fukui Prefecture Asuwa District