Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi

Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi

(Japan > Yamaguchi Prefecture > Yoshiki District)

Yoshiki (吉敷郡; -gun) was a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The district had a total estimated population of 39,900 and the total area was 82.98 km². (2003)

The day before the district dissolved, there were three towns.
* Aio
* Ajisu
* Ogōri

On October 1, 2005, all three towns merged with the city of Yamaguchi and the town of Tokuji from Saba District to form the new city of Yamaguchi and the district dissolved

District Timeline

Mergers and Broke offs

* 1889, Due to the town and village system was enforced in Japan, the town of Yamaguchi and the villages of Kami-unorei, Shimo-unorei, Yoshiki, Miyano, Ōuchi, Hirakawa, Yabara-asada, Niho, Osaba, Daidō, Suzenji, Sue, Natajima, Ogōri, Kagawa, Aiofutajima, Aio, Iseki, Higashi-kiwa and Nishi-kiwa were formed as the Yoshiki District. (1 town, 20 villages)
* July 1, 1898 The village of Yabara-asada changed its name to the village of Ōtoshi.
* April 1, 1899 The village of Sayama broke off from the village of Iseki. (1 town, 21 villages)
* August 1, 1901 The village of Ogōri gained town status to become the town of Ogōri. (2 towns, 20 villages)
* April 1, 1905 The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Kami-unorei merged. (2 towns, 19 villages)
* July 1, 1915 The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Shimo-unorei merged. (2 towns, 18 villages)
* April 10, 1929 The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Yoshiki merged to form the city of Yamaguchi. (1 town, 17 villages)
* April 29, 1940 The village of Aio gained town status to become the town of Aio. (2 towns, 16 villages)
* November 3, 1940 The village of Iseki gained town status and renamed to become the town of Ajisu. (3 towns, 15 villages)
* April 1, 1941 The village of Miyano merged into the city of Yamaguchi. (3 towns, 14 villages)
* November 1, 1943 The village of Nishi-kiwa merged into the city of Ube. (3 towns, 13 villages)
* April 1, 1944 The towns of Ogōri and Ajisu, and the villages of Hirakawa, Ōtoshi, Sue, Natajima, Aiofutajima, Kagawa and Sayama merged with the city of Yamaguchi to become the new city of Yamaguchi. (1 town, 6 villages)
* November 23, 1947 The town of Ajisu broke off from the city of Yamaguchi. (2 towns, 6 villages)
* November 1, 1949 The town of Ogōri broke off from the city of Yamaguchi. (3 towns, 6 villages)
* October 1, 1954 The village of Higashi-kiwa merged into the city of Ube. (3 towns, 5 villages)
* April 1, 1955 The villages of Ōuchi, Niho, and Osaba merged to form the town of Ōuchi. (4 towns, 2 villages)
* April 10, 1955 The village of Daidō merged into the city of Hōfu. (4 towns, 1 village)
* November 3, 1956 The village of Suzenji merged into the city of Yamaguchi. (4 towns)
* May 1, 1963 The town of Ōuchi merged into the city of Yamaguchi. (3 towns)
* October 1, 2005 The towns of Aio, Ajisu and Ogōri merged with the city of Yamaguchi and the town of Tokuji from Saba District to become the new city of Yamaguchi. Yoshiki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

ee also

* List of dissolved districts of Japan


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