was a
district
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located in
Saga Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefect ...
,
Japan
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.
Former towns
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Higashiyoka
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Kawasoe
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Kubota
is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, Heavy equipment, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, P ...
Timeline
*April 1, 1889 (23 villages)
**Due to the
city status
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Historically, ci ...
enforcement, the city of
Saga
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The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...
was formed.
**Due to the
municipal status enforcement, 23 villages were formed within Saga District.
*June 6, 1899 - The village of Kose (古瀬村) was renamed as the village of Kose (巨勢村).
*October 1, 1922 - The village of Kōno was merged into the city of Saga. (22 villages)
*April 1, 1953 - The village of Minamikawasoe was elevated to town status to become the town of Minamikawasoe. (1 town, 21 villages)
*March 31, 1954 - The villages of Hyōgo, Kose, Nishiyoka, Kase and Takagise were merged into the city of Saga. (1 town, 16 villages)
*October 1, 1954 - The villages of Kitakawasoe, Honjō, Nabeshima, Kinryū and Kuboizumi were merged into the city of Saga. (1 town, 11 villages)
*March 1, 1955 - The villages of Higashikawasoe and Shinkita were merged to create the town of
Morodomi. (2 towns, 9 villages)
*April 1, 1955 - The town of Minamikawasoe, and the villages of Nakakawasoe and Ōdakuma were merged to create the town of
Kawasoe. (2 towns, 7 villages)
*April 16, 1955 - The villages of Kasuga, Kawakami and Matsuume were merged to create the village of Yamato. (2 towns, 5 villages)
*September 30, 1956: (2 towns, 4 villages)
**The village of Nishikawasoe was merged into the town of Kawasoe.
**The village of Ozeki was merged with the villages of Nanzan and Hokuzan (both from
Ogi District) to create the village of Fuji.
*June 1, 1958 - Parts of the village of Fuji (the locality of Hattabaru) was merged into the village of Yamato.
*January 1, 1959 - The village of Yamato was elevated to town status to become the town of
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial ...
. (3 towns, 3 villages)
*October 1, 1962 - The town of Kubota absorbed parts of the village of Hishikari (from Ogi District).
*October 1, 1966: (5 towns, 1 village)
**The village of Higashiyoka was elevated to town status to become the town of
Higashiyoka.
**The village of Fuji was elevated to town status to become the town of
Fuji.
*April 1, 1967 - The village of Kubota was elevated to town status to become the town of
Kubota
is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, Heavy equipment, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, P ...
. (6 towns)
*April 1, 1996 - Parts of the town of Yamato (the locality of Matsuse) merged into the town of Fuji.
*October 1, 2005 - The towns of Fuji, Morodomi and Yamato, along with the village of
Mitsuse (from
Kanzaki District) were merged into the expanded city of Saga.
(3 towns)
*October 1, 2007 - The towns of Higashiyoka, Kawasoe and Kubota were merged into the expanded city of Saga. Saga 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 ...
References
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Saga District