Higashimatsuura District, Saga

Higashimatsuura District in Saga Prefecture

Higashimatsuura (東松浦郡, Higashimatsuura-gun) is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. At the present it has only one town.

As of April 1, 2021, the district has an estimated population of 5,211 and a density of 145 persons per square kilometre. The total area is 35.92 square kilometres (13.87 square miles).

## Municipalities

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* Genkai, whose borders are effectively the same as Higashimatsuura District's.

## History

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* In 1878, Higashimatsuura District split with Matsuura District in Nagasaki Prefecture, along with Nishimatsuura District, Kitamatsuura District, and Minamimatsuura District.
* In 1883 Higashimatsuura District (along with Nishimatsuura District) became a part of Saga Prefecture.
* On January 1, 2005, Kitahata, Chinzei, Hamatama, Hizen, Kyūragi, Ōchi and Yobuko (all from Higashimatsuura District) were merged into the expanded city of Karatsu.[1]

Before 1889  | April 1, 1889  | 1889 - 1944  | 1945 - 1959  | 1960 - 1989  | 1989–Present  | Present

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| Nanayama  | Nanayama  | Nanayama  | Nanayama  | January 1, 2006
Incorporated into Karatsu  | Karatsu
| Karatsu (town)  | Karatsu (town)  | January 1, 1932
City status gained
Karatsu  | Karatsu  | Karatsu  | January 1, 2005
Karatsu
| Mitsushima  | January 1, 1924
Incorporated into Karatsu (town)
| Karatsu (village)  | February 1, 1931
Incorporated into Karatsu (town)
| Sashi  | September 1, 1935
Town status gained
Sashi  | November 3, 1941
Incorporated into Karatsu
| Onizuka  | Onizuka  | November 1, 1954
Incorporated into Karatsu
| Minato  | Minato
| Kagami  | Kagami
| Kuri  | Kuri
| Ōchi  | September 1, 1935
Town status gained
Ōchi  | Ōchi  | Ōchi
| Kyūragi  | Kyūragi  | May 3, 1952
Town status gained
Kyūragi  | Kyūragi
| Nagoya  | January 1, 1922
Kanji renaming
Nagoya  | September 30, 1956
Chinzei  | Chinzei
| Uchiage  | Uchiage
| Hamasaki  | July 1, 1922
Town status gained
Hamasaki  | September 30, 1956
Hamasaki-Tamashima  | November 1, 1966
Renaming
Hamatama
| Ōmura  | July 28, 1896
Renaming
Tamashima
| Yobuko  | August 1, 1928
Town status gained
Yobuko  | Yobuko  | Yobuko
| Kitahata  | Kitahata  | Kitahata  | Kitahata
| Irino  | Irino  | January 1, 1958
Town status gained
Hizen  | Hizen
| Kirigo  | Kirigo  | December 21, 1957
Incorporated into Irino
| December 31, 1957
Incorporated into Karatsu  |
| December 31, 1957
Incorporated into Genkai  | Genkai  | Genkai  | Genkai
| Ariura  | Ariura  | September 30, 1956
Genkai
| Chiga  | Chiga

## References

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1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 150\. "Karatsu-shi, Hamatama-cho, Kyuragi-machi, Ochi-cho, Kitahata-mura, Hizen-cho, Chinzei-cho and Yobuko-cho were incorporated into a newly established Karatsu-shi as of January 1, 2005."

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* Shiroishi
* Miyaki District
* Kamimine
* Kiyama
* Miyaki
* Nishimatsuura District
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