List of Dissolved Districts of Japan - Before Edo Period

Before Edo Period

  • Unknown Suruga District (駿河郡), Suruga, Tokaido (Renamed to Suntō District)
  • Unknown Kudara District (百済郡), Settsu, (Merged into either Higashinari and Sumiyoshi Districts)
  • Unknown Nuttari District (沼垂郡), Echigo, Hokurikudo (Merged into Kanbara District)
  • Sengoku Era Hiuchi District (比内郡), Mutsu, Tozando (Merged into Akita District in Dewa Province)
  • Sengoku Era Ogashima District (小鹿島郡), Dewa, Tozando (Merged into Akita District)
  • Sengoku Era Yamada District (山田郡), Owari, Tokaido (Split and merged into Kasugai and Aichi Districts)
  • Early Edo Period Hanawa (鼻和郡), Hiraka (平賀郡), and Inaka (田舎郡) Districts, Mutsu, Tozando (Merged to form Tsugaru District)
  • Early Edo Period Hiyama District (檜山郡), Dewa, Tozando (Renamed to Yamamoto District)
  • Early Edo Period Toshima District (豊島郡), Dewa, Tozando (Renamed to Kawabe District)
  • Early Edo Period Yamamoto District (山本郡), Dewa, Tozando (Renamed to Senboku District)
  • Early Edo Period Yuza District (遊佐郡), Dewa, Tozando (Renamed to Akumi District)
  • Early Edo Period Kujibiki District (櫛引郡), Dewa, Tozando (Merged into Tagawa District)
  • Edo Period Shikama District (色麻郡), Mutsu, Tozando (Merged into Kami District)
  • 1634 Nukanobe District (糠部郡), Mutsu, Tozando (Split into Kita, Sannohe, Ninohe, and Kunohe Districts)
  • 1700 Noto District (能登郡), Noto, Hokurikudo (Renamed to Kashima District)
  • 1700 Kaga District (加賀郡), Kaga, Hokurikudo (Renamed to Kahoku District)
  • Edo Period Mashiki District (益城郡), Higo, Saikaido (Split into Kamimashiki and Shimomashiki Districts)

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