List of dissolved districts in 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 was active until that date) and the reason why the district was dissolved is also shown.

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Before Edo Period

1868 to 1895

Tōhoku
Kantō
Chūbu
Kansai
Shikoku
Kyushu
Others

1896

February 26, 1896
March 26, 1896
March 29, 1896
April 1, 1896
April 18, 1896

1897~1912

1912~1926

1927~1945

1945~1959

1960~1988

1989~1998

1999~2004

2005

January 1, 2005
January 11, 2005
February 1, 2005
February 7, 2005
February 13, 2005
February 28, 2005
March 1, 2005
March 3, 2005
March 19, 2005
March 20, 2005
March 22, 2005
March 28, 2005
March 31, 2005
April 1, 2005
July 1, 2005
August 1, 2005
September 2, 2005
October 1, 2005
October 11, 2005
October 24, 2005
November 1, 2005
November 3, 2005
November 7, 2005

2006~

January 1, 2006
January 23, 2006
February 1, 2006
February 11, 2006
March 1, 2006
March 3, 2006
March 15, 2006
March 18, 2006
March 19, 2006
March 20, 2006
March 27, 2006
March 31, 2006
April 1, 2006
August 1, 2006
October 1, 2006
January 22, 2007
January 29, 2007
March 11, 2007
October 1, 2007
December 1, 2007
March 21, 2008
November 1, 2008
January 1, 2009
March 30, 2009
May 5, 2009
January 1, 2010
January 4, 2010
February 1, 2010
March 23, 2010
March 31, 2010
April 1, 2011
August 1, 2011
September 26, 2011
October 1, 2011
November 11, 2011

See also

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