List of Dissolved Districts of Japan - 1989~2004

1989~2004

• February 1, 1991 Hōtaku District (飽託郡), Kumamoto (The towns of Hokubu, Kawachi, Akita, and Tenmei merged into the city of Kumamoto)
• April 1, 1991 Kimitsu District (君津郡), Chiba (The town of Sodegaura gained city status to become the city of Sodegaura)
• September 1, 1996 Sapporo District (札幌郡), Hokkaidō (The town of Hiroshima gained city status to become the city of Kitahiroshima)
• April 1, 1999 Taki District (多紀郡), Hyōgo (The towns of Sasayama, Nishiki, Tannan, and Konda merged to form the city of Sasayama)
• October 1, 2001 Kurita District (栗太郡), Shiga (The town of Rittō gained city status to become the city of Rittō)
• February 3, 2003 Ashina District (芦品郡), Hiroshima (The town of Shinichi merged into the city of Fukuyama)
• April 1, 2003 Yamagata District (山県郡), Gifu (The town of Takatomi, the village of Ijira, and the town of Miyama merged to become the city of Yamagata)
• April 1, 2003 Ōkawa District (大川郡), Kagawa (The towns of Hiketa, Shirotori, and Ōchi merged to form the city of Higashikagawa)
• April 21, 2003 Tsuno District (都濃郡), Yamaguchi (The town of Kano merged with the cities of Tokuyama, Shinnanyō, and the town of Kumage from Kumage District to form the city of Shūnan)
• March 1, 2004 Sado District (佐渡郡), Niigata (the towns of Aikawa, Kanai, Sawata, Hatano, Mano, Hamochi and Ogi; and the villages of Niibo, and Akadomari merged with the city of Ryōtsu to form the city of Sado)
• March 1, 2004 Gujo District (郡上郡), Gifu (The towns of Hachiman, Yamato, Shirotori, and the villages of Takasu, Minami, Meihō, and Wara merged to form the city of Gujō)
• March 1, 2004 Mashita District (益田郡), Gifu (The towns of Hagiwara, Osaka, Gero, Kanayama, and the village of Maze merged to form the city of Gero)
• March 1, 2004 Takata District (高田郡), Hiroshima (The towns of Yoshida, Yachiyo, Midori, Takamiya, Kōda, and Mukaihara merged to form the city of Akitakata)
• March 1, 2004 Iki District (壱岐郡), Nagasaki (The towns of Gōnoura, Katsumoto, Ashibe, and Ishida merged to form the city of Iki)
• March 1, 2004 Shimoagata District (下県郡), Nagasaki (The towns of Izuhara, Mitsushima, and Toyotama merged with three towns from Kamiagata District to form the city of Tsushima)
• March 1, 2004 Kamiagata District (上県郡), Nagasaki (The towns of Mine, Kamiagata, and Kamitsushima merged with three towns from Shimoagata District to form the city of Tsushima)
• April 1, 2004 Naka District (中郡), Kyoto (The towns of Mineyama and Ōmiya and other 2 districts 4 towns merged to form the city of Kyōtango)
• April 1, 2004 Takeno District (竹野郡), Kyoto (The towns of Amino, Takeno, Yasaka and the other 2 districts 3 towns merged to form the city of Kyōtango)
• April 1, 2004 Kumano District (熊野郡), Kyoto (The town of Kumihama and the other 2 districts 5 towns merged to form the city of Kyōtango)
• April 1, 2004 Yabu District (養父郡), Hyōgo (The towns of Yōka, Yabu, Ōya, and Sekinomiya merged to form the city of Yabu)
• April 1, 2004 Futami District (双三郡), Hiroshima (The towns of Kisa, Mirasaka, Miwa, and the villages of Sakugi, Kimita, and Funo merged with the city of Miyoshi and the town of Kōnu from Kōnu District to form the city of Miyoshi)
• April 1, 2004 Uma District (宇摩郡), Ehime (The town of Doi, the village of Shingū, and the cities of Iyomishima and Kawanoe merged to form the city of Shikokuchūō)
• April 1, 2004 Nishiuwa District (東宇和郡), Ehime (The towns of Akehama, Uwa, Nomura, Shirokawa, and Mikame from Nishiuwa District merged to form the city of Seiyo)
• October 1, 2004 Shima District (志摩郡), Mie (The towns of Hamajima, Daiō, Ago, Shima, and Isobe merged to form the city of Shima)
• October 1, 2004 Yasu District (野洲郡), Shiga (The towns of Chūzu and Yasu merged to form the city of Yasu)
• October 1, 2004 Kōka District (甲賀郡), Shiga (The towns of Ishibe and Kosei merged to form the city of Konan; The towns of Minakuchi, Tsuchiyama, Kōka, Kōnan, and Shigaraki merged to form the city of Kōka)
• October 1, 2004 Nogi District (能義郡), Shimane (The towns of Hirose and Hakuta merged with the city of Ataki to form the city of Ataki)
• October 1, 2004 Kawakami District (川上郡), Okayama (The town of Nariwa, Kawakami, and Bitchū merged with the city of Takahashi and the town of Ukan from Jōbō District to form the city of Takahashi)
• October 1, 2004 Oe District (麻植郡), Tokushima (The towns of Kamoshima, Kawashima, Yamakawa, and the village of Misato merged to form the city of Yoshinogawa)
• November 1, 2004 Kitaaizu District (北会津郡), Fukushima (The village of Kitaaizu merged into the city of Aizuwakamatsu)
• November 1, 2004 Taga District (多賀郡), Ibaraki (The town of Jūō merged into the city of Hitachi)
• November 1, 2004 Higashitonami District (東礪波郡), Toyama (The town of Shogawa and the city of Tonami merged to form the city of Tonami; the town of Jōhana, the villages of Taira, Kamitaira, Toga, the town of Inami, the village of Inokuchi, and the town of Fukuno merged with the town of Fukumitsu from Nishitonami District to form the city of Nanto)
• November 1, 2004 Ayama District (阿山郡), Mie (The town of Iga, the village of Shimagahara, the town of Ayama, and the village of Ōyamada merged with the city of Ueno and the town of Aoyama in Naga District to form the city of Iga)
• November 1, 2004 Naga District (名賀郡), Mie (The town of Aoyama and the city of Ueno and 4 towns and villages from Ayama District merged to form the city of Iga)
• November 1, 2004 Hikami District (氷上郡), Hyōgo (The towns of Kaibara, Hikami, Aogaki, Kasuga, Sannan, and Ichijima merged to form the city of Tamba)
• November 1, 2004 Ketaka District (気高郡), Shimane (The towns of Ketaka, Shikano, and Aoya merged into the city of Tottori)
• November 1, 2004 Mino District (美濃郡), Shimane (The towns of Mito and Hikimi merged into the city of Masuda)
• November 1, 2004 Ohara District (大原郡), Shimane (The towns of Daitō, Kamo, and Kisuki merged with three towns from Iishi District to form the city of Unnan)
• November 1, 2004 Oku District (邑久郡), Okayama (The towns of Ushimado, Oku, and Nagafune merged to form the city of Setouchi)
• November 1, 2004 Shūsō District (周桑郡), Ehime (The towns of Komatsu and Tanbara and the cities of Saijō and Tōyo merged to form the city of Saijō)