Tsukui District, Kanagawa
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was a
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located in the far northwestern corner of
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,
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. From 2007 it merged into the city of
Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...
. Prior to its merger it consisted of four towns (Shiroyama, Tsukui, Sagamiko, Fujino), with a total area of 238.44 square kilometers and a population of 72,871. The district was located in the
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History

Tsukui District was regarded as a portion of Aikō District until the
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, although as a regional name, “Tsukui” appears in
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and
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documents. During the
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, the area was largely ''
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'' territory controlled directly by the
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in
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, although ruled as a patchwork of small fiefs held by various ''
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,'' except for the brief period from 1663 to 1684, when the entire district was ruled by
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. A portion of the district was also controlled by
Odawara Domain file:Odawara 2006-02-21 c.jpg, 250px, Odawara Castle, Headquarters of the Odawara Domain was a Japanese Han (Japan), domain of the Edo period, located primarily in western Sagami Province (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture). It was centered on Odawa ...
. After the
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, the Shogunal and ''hatamoto'' holdings became part of the short-lived Nirayama Prefecture, which merged with Kanagawa Prefecture in 1869. The Odawara-ruled portion became part of the equally short-lived Odawara Prefecture, which merged into Ashigaru Prefecture in 1871, and then into Kanagawa Prefecture in 1876. In 1889, Tsukui District was organized into one town, 21 villages and 2 post stations.


Towns and villages

Prior to its abolition, Tsukui District consisted of two towns: * Fujino * Shiroyama


Mergers

*On March 20, 2006 the towns of Sagamiko and Tsukui were merged into
Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...
. *On March 11, 2007 the towns of Fujino and Shiroyama were merged into Sagamihara.


Merger problems

*On February 19, 2006, the current mayor of Shiroyama was recalled for denying to join Sagamiko, Tsukui, and Fujino (scheduled to be merged with Sagamihara in the future) to merged into Sagamihara. Tsukui District failed to dissolve as a result of this recall election. *The official dissolved date of this district was March 11, 2007, when Shiroyama and Fujino were merged into Sagamihara.


References

Former districts of Kanagawa Prefecture {{Kanagawa-geo-stub