List of mergers in Hiroshima Prefecture

Here is a list of mergers in Hiroshima 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

*On February 3, 2003 - the town of Shin'ichi from Ashina District (dissolved by this action) and the town of Uchiuma from Numakuma District merged into the expanded city of Fukuyama.

*On March 1, 2003 - the town of Saeki and the village of Yoshiwa from Saeki District merged into the expanded city of Hatsukaichi.

Mergers from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004

*On April 1, 2003 - the towns of Osaki, Higashino and Kinoe from Toyota District merged to form the town of Ōsakikamijima.

*On April 1, 2003 - the town of Shimokamigari from Aki District merged into the expanded city of Kure.

*On March 1, 2004 - the towns of Kōta, Midori, Mukaihara, Takamiya, Yachiyo, and Yoshida from Takata District (dissolved by this action) merged, creating the city of Akitakata.

Mergers from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005

*On April 1, 2004 - the municipalities of Funo, Kimita, Kisa, Mirasaka, Miwa, and Sakugi from Futami District (dissolved by this action) and Kōnu from Kōnu District merged with the old city of Miyoshi to create the new city of Miyoshi.

*On April 1, 2004 - the town of Jōge from Kōnu District merged with the expanded city of Fuchū.

*On April 1, 2004 - the town of Kawajiri from Toyota District merged into the expanded city of "Kure".

*On October 1, 2004 - the towns of Kōzan, Sera, and Seranishi from Sera District merged to form the new town of Sera.

*On October 1, 2004 - the municipalities of Kake, Togouchi, and Tsutsuga from Yamagata District merged, creating the town of Akiota.

*On November 1, 2004 - the town of Etajima from Aki District merged with the towns of Nomi, Ogaki, and Okimi from Saeki District forming the city of Etajima.

*On November 5, 2004 - the towns of Jinseki, Sanwa, and Yuki and the village of Toyomatsu from Jinseki District merged, creating the town of Jinsekikōgen.

*On February 1, 2005 - the municipalities of Chiyoda, Geihoku, Oasa, and Toyohira from Yamagata District merged, creating the town of Kitahiroshima.

*On February 1, 2005 - the municipalities of Numakuma from Numakuma District (dissolved by this action) merged with the expanded city of "Fukuyama".

*On February 7, 2005 - the municipalities of Fukutomi, Kōchi, Kurose, and Toyosaka from Kamo District and Akitsu from Toyota District merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima.

*On March 20, 2005 - the towns of Ondo, Kurahashi, Kamagari from Aki District and the towns of Yasuura, Toyohama and Yutaka from Toyota District merged into the expanded city of "Kure".

*On March 22, 2005 - the town of Daiwa from the former Kamo District (dissolved by this action), the town of Kui from Mitsugi District, and the town of Hongō from Toyota District merged with the old city of Mihara to create the new city of Mihara.

*On March 28, 2005 - the towns of Mitsugi and Mukaishima from Mitsugi District merged into the expanded city of Onomichi. Mitsugi District was dissolved as a result.

*On March 31, 2005 - the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano, and Tōjō, from the former Hiba District (dissolved by this action) and the town of Sōryō from the former Kōnu District (dissolved by this action) merged with the city of Shōbara to create the new city of Shōbara.

Mergers from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006

*On April 25, 2005 - the town of Yuki from Saeki District merged into the expanded city of Hiroshima.

*On November 3, 2005 - the towns of Miyajima and Ōno from Saeki District merged into the expanded city of "Hatsukaichi". Saeki District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

*On January 10, 2006 - the city of Innoshima and the town of Setoda from Toyota District merged into the expanded city of "Onomichi".

*On March 1, 2006 - the town of Kannabe from Fukayasu District merged into the expanded city of "Fukuyama". Fukayasu District was 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