List of mergers in Hyōgo Prefecture

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

(as of March 27, 2006)

Mergers from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000

*On April 1, 1999 - The towns of Sasayama, Nishiki, Tannan, and Konda merged to form the city of Sasayama. (Taki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.) [http://www.city.sasayama.hyogo.jp/topgappe.html (Merger Information Page)]

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 April 1, 2004 - The towns of Sekinomiya, Oya, Yabu, and Yoka merged to form the city of Yabu. (Yabu District was dissolved as a result of this merger.)

*On November 1, 2004 - The towns of Aogaki, Ichijima, Kaibara, Kasuga, Sannan, and Hikami merged to form the city of Tamba. (Hikami District was dissolved as a result of this merger.)

*On January 11, 2005 - The towns of Midori, Seidan, Mihara, and Nandan merged to form the city of Minamiawaji. (Mihara District was dissolved as a result of this merger.)

Mergers from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006

*On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Awaji, Higashiura, Hokudan, Ichinomiya, and Tsuna (all from Tsuna District) merged to form the city of Awaji.

*On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Asago, Ikuno, Santō, and Wadayama merged to form the city of Asago. (Asago District was dissolved as a result of this merger.) [http://sasayuri-net.jp/users/gappei/ (Merger Information Page)]

*On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Hidaka, Kinosaki, Takeno, Izushi and Tantō, as well as the city of Toyooka merged to form the new city of Toyooka. (Due to this merger and the merger of Kasumi into Kami, Kinosaki District and Izushi District were dissolved.)

*On April 1, 2005 - The town of Kasumi from the former Kinosaki District and the towns of Mikata from Mikata District and Muraoka from Mikata District merged to form the town of Kami in Mikata District.

*On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Chikusa, Haga, Ichinomiya, and Yamasaki (all from Shisō District) merged to form the city of Shisō.

*On October 1, 2005 - The towns of Hamasaka and Onsen (both from Mikata District) merged to form the town of Shin'onsen.

*On October 1, 2005 - The towns of Kōzuki, Mikazuki, Nankō, and the old town of Sayō (all from Sayō District) merged to form the new town of Sayō.

*On October 1, 2005 - The town of Kurodashō from Taka District and the city of Nishiwaki merged to form the new city of Nishiwaki.

*On October 1, 2005 - The towns of Ibogawa, Mitsu, and Shingū (all three from Ibo District) and the city of Tatsuno merged to form the new city of Tatsuno. (Tatsuno's written name changed from kanji (龍野) to hiragana (たつの) with this merger.)

*On October 24, 2005 - The town of Yokawa from Mino District merged into the city of Miki. (Mino District was dissolved as a result of this merger.)

*On November 1, 2005 - The towns of Kami, Naka, and Yachiyo (all from Taka District) merged to form the town of Taka.

*On November 7, 2005 - The towns of Kanzaki and Ōkawachi (both from Kanzaki District) merged to form the town of Kamikawa.

*On February 11, 2006 - The town of Goshiki from Tsuna District and the city of Sumoto merged to form the new city of Sumoto. (Tsuna District was dissolved with this merger.)

*On March 20, 2006 - The towns of Takino, Tōjō, and Yashiro (all three from Katō District) merged to form the city of Katō. (Katō District was dissolved with this merger.)

*On March 27, 2006 - The towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki (both from Shikama District), as well as the towns of Yasutomi from Shisō District, and the town of Kōdera from Kanzaki District merged into the city of Himeji. (Shikama District and Shisō District were both dissolved as a result of this merger.)

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