was a rural
district
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located in western
Shizuoka,
Japan
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.
As of the end of 2003 (the last data available before its dissolution), the district had an estimated
population
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of 52,485 and a
population density
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of 227.20 persons per km
2. Its total area was 231.01 km
2.
History
Inasa District was created in the early Meiji cadastral reforms of April 1, 1889, and consisted at the time of two towns (Kito and Kanasashi) and six villages. On April 1, 1896 and Nishi-Hamana Village from were joined to Inasa District. Nishi-Hamana became a town on May 1, 1922, and was renamed
Mikkabi, giving the district three towns and eight villages.
Iitani Village was annexed by Kanasashi, and the town renamed
Inasa on April 1, 1953. On April 1, 1955, Kito annexed Nakamura Village and was renamed
Hosoe. The remaining villages were consolidated in 1955–1956, with Miyakoda Village going to the city of Hamamatsu, Higahi-Hamada joining Mikkabi Town, Okuyama and Ihei Villages joining with Inasa Town and Aratama Village joining the town of
Hamakita in
Hamana District.
On July 1, 2005, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi, along with the cities of
Tenryū and
Hamakita, the town of
Haruno (from
Shūchi District), the towns of
Misakubo and
Sakuma, the village of
Tatsuyama (all from
Iwata District), and the towns of
Maisaka and
Yūtō (both from
Hamana District), were merged into the expanded city of
Hamamatsu
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.
Inasa District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
External links
Counties of Japan
Former districts of Shizuoka Prefecture
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