Asuwa District, Fukui

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Asuwa (足羽郡, Asuwa-gun) was a district located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

The time before the dissolution, the district had an estimated population of 5,044 with a density of 36.62 persons per km2. The total area was 137.73 km2.

## Municipalities

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Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town:[1]

* Miyama (美山町, Miyama-chō)[a]

Notes

1. ^ Classified as a town.

## History

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Map showing original extent of Asuwa District in Fukui Prefecture:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period Asuwa-gun as established in 1889, with modern Fukui-shi in purple.

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

### District Timeline

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Pre-1889  | 1889-1912  | 1912-1944  | 1945-1955  | 1955-1989  | 1989-2006  | Post-2006

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?  | Fukui-shi
(福井市) | Fukui-shi  | Fukui-shi  | Fukui-shi  | Fukui-shi  | Fukui-shi
?  | Wada-mura
(和田村) | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 May 1936
?  | Kita-mura
(木田村) | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 October 1936
?  | Higashiayo-mura
(東安居村) | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 August 1939
?  | Yashiro-mura
(社村) | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 April 1954
?  | Asotsu-mura
(麻生津村) | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 October 1957
?  | Sake-mura
(酒生村) | Merged to form Asuwa-mura on 31 March 1955  | Reorganized as Asuwa-cho on 1 August 1960  | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 September 1971
?  | Ichijōdani-mura
(一乗谷村)
?  | Kamimonju-mura
(上文殊村)
?  | Shitamonju-mura
(下文殊村)
?  | Rokujō-mura
(六条村)
?  | Tōgō-mura
(東郷村) | Incorporated into Asuwa-mura on 10 July 1955
?  | Kamiusaka-mura
(上宇坂村) | Merged to form Miyama-mura on 11 February 1955  | Reorganized as Miyama-cho on 1 August 1964  | Miyama-cho  | Incorporated into Fukui-shi on 1 February 2006
?  | Shimousaka-mura
(下宇坂村)
?  | Ashimi-mura, Ōno-gun
(芦見村)
?  | Hanyu-mura, Ōno-gun
(羽生村)
?  | Kamimi-mura, Ōno-gun
(上味見村)
?  | Shimomi-mura, Ōno-gun
(下味見村)

### Recent mergers

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* 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

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* List of dissolved districts of Japan

## References

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1. ^ "Municipal Government". Fukui City Hall (in Japanese). 27 December 2019.

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Fukui Prefecture

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* Fukui

Cities|

* Awara
* Echizen
* Katsuyama
* Obama
* Ōno
* Sabae
* Sakai
* Tsuruga

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* Imadate District
* Ikeda
* Mikata District
* Mihama
* Mikatakaminaka District
* Wakasa
* Nanjō District
* Minamiechizen
* Nyū District
* Echizen
* Ōi District
* Ōi
* Takahama
* Yoshida District
* Eiheiji

Former Districts|

* Asuwa District
* Ōno District
* Onyū District
* Sakai District
* Tsuruga District

List of mergers in Fukui Prefecture

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