Fujitsu District, Saga

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Fujitsu District in Saga Prefecture

Fujitsu (藤津郡, Fujitsu-gun) is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 1, 2009, the district has an estimated population of 10,075 and a density of 136 persons per km2. The total area is 74.21 km2.

## Municipalities

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* Tara, whose borders are effectively the same as Fujitsu District's.

### History

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### 1889-1963

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* 1889-04-01 - The modern municipal system is established and Fujitsu District is formed with 14 villages.
* 1912-12-01 - Minami-Kashima gains town status and is renamed Kashima town (鹿島町), and the village of Kita-Kashima is renamed Kashima village (鹿島村).
* 1918-08-03 - Hachihongi gains town status and is renamed Hama.
* 1918-10-05 - Shiota gains town status.
* 1929-04-22 - Nishi-Ureshino gains town status and is renamed Ureshino.
* 1933-04-01 - Higashi-Ureshino is incorporated into Ureshino.
* 1953-04-01 - Tara gains town status.
* 1954-04-01 - The town of Kashima, the village of Kashima, Hama, Furueda, and Nogomi all merge to form the city of Kashima, which then withdraws from the district.
* 1955-02-11 - Ōura is incorporated into Tara and changes the kanji of its name.
* 1955-03-01 - Nanaura is incorporated into Tara and Kashima.
* 1955-04-01 - Yoshida is incorporated into Ureshino.
* 1956-09-01 - Gochōda and Kuma are incorporated into Shiota.
* 1963-04-01 - Part of Shiota is incorporated into Ureshino.

### Post-1963

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* 2006-01-01 - Shiota and Ureshino merge to form the city of Ureshino, which then withdraws from the district.

Before 1889  | April 1, 1889  | 1889 - 1944  | 1945 - 1954  | 1955 - 1989  | 1989–Present  | Present

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| Minami-Kashima  | December 1, 1912
Town status gained
Kashima  | April 1, 1954
City status gained
Kashima  | Kashima  | Kashima  | Kashima

| Hachihongi  | August 3, 1918
Town status gained
Hama

| Kita-Kashima  | December 1, 1912
Renaming
Kashima

| Nogomi  | Nogomi

| Furueda  | Furueda

| Nanaura  | Nanaura  | Nanaura  | March 1, 1955
Incorporated into Kashima

| March 1, 1955
Incorporated into Tara  | Tara  | Tara

| Tara  | Tara  | April 1, 1953
Town status gained
Tara  | February 11, 1955
Tara

| Ōura  | Ōura  | Ōura

| Nishi-Ureshino  | April 22, 1929
Town status gained
Ureshino  | April 1, 1933
Ureshino  | Ureshino  | April 1, 1955
Ureshino  | January 1, 2006
City status gained
Ureshino  | Ureshino

| Higashi-Ureshino  | Higashi-Ureshino

| Yoshida  | Yoshida  | Yoshida

| Shiota  | October 5, 1918
Town status gained
Shiota  | Shiota  | September 1, 1956
Shiota

| Gochōda  | Gochōda  | Gochōda

| Kuma  | Kuma  | Kuma

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Saga Prefecture

Saga (capital)

Special city|

* Saga

Cities|

* Imari
* Kanzaki
* Karatsu
* Kashima
* Ogi
* Takeo
* Taku
* Tosu
* Ureshino

Districts|

* Fujitsu District
* Tara
* Higashimatsuura District
* Genkai
* Kanzaki District
* Yoshinogari
* Kishima District
* Kōhoku
* Ōmachi
* Shiroishi
* Miyaki District
* Kamimine
* Kiyama
* Miyaki
* Nishimatsuura District
* Arita

List of mergers in Saga Prefecture

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Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Japan

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