List of mergers in Akita Prefecture

Here is a list of mergers in Akita Prefecture, Japan from the 2000s.

(as of March 27, 2006)

Mergers from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000

Mergers from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001

Mergers from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002

Mergers from April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003

Mergers from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004

Mergers from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005

*On November 1, 2004 - the town of Misato in Semboku District was formed from the merger of the village Sennan and the towns Rokugō and Senhata.

*On January 11,2005 - the towns of Kawabe and Yuwa from Kawabe District (now dissolved) merged into the city of Akita.

*On March 22, 2005 - the city of Kitaakita was founded from the merger of the former towns of Aikawa, Ani, Moriyoshi, and Takanosu, all from Kitaakita District.

*On March 22, 2005 - the city of Ōmagari merged with the towns of Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta, and the village of Nangai from Semboku District to form the new city of Daisen.

*On March 22, 2005 - the city of Yurihonjō was formed from the merger of the former city of Honjō and the former towns of Chōkai, Higashiyuri, Iwaki, Nishime, Ōuchi, Yashima and Yuri.

*On March 22, 2005 - the towns of Tennō, Iitagawa and Shōwa merged together to form the city of Katagami.

*On March 22, 2005 - the city of Yuzawa was formed from the merger of the old city of Yuzawa and the village of Minase, and the towns of Inakawa, and Ogachi.

*On March 22, 2005 - the city of Oga was formed from the merger of the old city of Oga and the town of Wakami.

Mergers from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006

*On June 20, 2005 - the towns of Hinai and Tashiro were merged into the city of Ōdate.

*On September 20, 2005 - the city of Semboku was formed from the merger of Kakunodate, Tazawako, and Nishiki.

*On October 1, 2005 - the towns of Hiraka, Jūmonji, Masuda, Omonogawa, Ōmori, and the villages of Sannai, and Taiyū merged with the old city of Yokote to form the new city of Yokote.

*On October 1, 2005 - the town of Nikaho merged with the towns of Kisakata and Konoura to form the city of Nikaho. With this merger, Yuri District was dissolved.

*On March 20, 2006 - the towns of Hachiryū, Koto'oka, and Yamamoto (all from Yamamoto District) merged together to form the new town of Mitane.

*On March 21, 2006 - the city of Noshiro merged with the town of Futasui from Yamamoto District to form the new city of Noshiro.

*On March 27, 2006 - the town of Hachimori and the village of Minehama from Yamamoto District merged to form the new town of Happō.

Mergers from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007

Mergers from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008

Mergers from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009