was a

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located in eastern

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 2008 (the last data available), the district had an estimated

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of 21,766 with a

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of 2,194 persons per km². Its total area was 9.92 km².

Municipalities

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

History

Hoi District was one of the ancient districts of

Mikawa Province was an Provinces of Japan, old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Mikawa''" in . Its abbreviated form name was . Mikawa bordered on Owari Province, O ...

, and is mentioned in

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records. Originally covering all of eastern Mikawa, Shitara District to the north was separated from Hoi in 903. The district contained the provincial capital of Mikawa along with the

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, both of which were located in what is now part of the city of

Toyokawa is a Cities of Japan, city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famou ...

. During the

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, the area was controlled by various

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clans, including the Makino and branches of the

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and

Matsudaira clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the ...

s, all of whom rose to high positions within the

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. The area was also a battlefield between the forces of the

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and the Oda and

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s during the late Sengoku period.

District Timeline

In the cadastral reforms of the early

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, on July 22, 1878 modern Hoi District was created, with its headquarters at

Goyu-shuku was the thirty-fifth of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō. It is located in Goyu-chō in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A pine tree colonnade, one of the fe ...

, a former station on the Tōkaidō. With the organization of municipalities on October 1, 1889, Hoi District was divided into 33 villages. The villages of Gamagōri and Uchikubo were elevated to town status on October 6, 1891. They were followed in rapid succession by the village of Shimoji (October 16, 1891), the village of Goyu (January 29, 1892), the village of Toyokawa (March 13, 1893), the villages of Akasaka and Kō (June 23, 1894), and the village of Miya (December 10, 1894). In a round of consolidation, the remaining number of villages was reduced from 25 to 11 in 1906. The district office was transferred to the town of Kō in 1923. The village of Katahara was raised to town status on April 1, 1924, the village of Kosakai on September 12, 1926, and the village of Mito on February 11, 1930. On September 1, 1932, the town of Shimoji was annexed by the neighboring city of

Toyohashi is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefec ...

. The city of Toyokawa was formed on June 1, 1943 by the merger of the towns of Toyokawa, Ushikubo and Kō, and the village of Yawata. The village of Nishiura was raised to town status on February 11, 1944. On April 1, 1954, the city was

Gamagōri is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 80,063 in 32,800 households, and a population density of 1,407 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Gamagōri is situated on ...

was formed by the merger of the towns of Gamagōri and Miya, and the village of Shiotsu. In a further round of consolidations in 1955, the town of Otowa was formed on April 1, 1955 and the structure of the district became six towns and one village. On April 1, 1959, the town of Goyu was annexed by the city of Toyokawa. The village of Ichinomiya was raised to town status on April 1, 1961. The towns of Katahara and Nishiura were annexed by the city of Gamagōri on April 1, 1962 and April 1, 1963 respectively. In a final round of

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, the town of Ichinomiya was annexed by the city of Toyokawa on February 1, 2006, followed by the towns of Otowa and Mito on January 15, 2008. When the town of Kozakai was merged into Toyokawa on February 1, 2010, Hoi ceased to exist as an administrative division.

Recent mergers

* On February 1, 2006 - The town of

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(a.k.a. Mikawaichinomiya) was merged into the expanded city of

. * On January 15, 2008 - The towns of Otowa and Mito were merged into the expanded city of

. * On February 1, 2010 - The town of Kozakai was merged into the expanded city of

. Therefore, Hoi District dissolved as a result of this merger.

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Municipalities

History

District Timeline

Recent mergers

See also

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