Hienuki District, Iwate

Hienuki District, Iwate

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(Japan > Iwate Prefecture > Hienuki District)

Hienuki (稗貫郡; -gun) was a district located in Iwate Prefecture(Rikuchu Province). The district had an estimated population of 23,027 and the total area is 365.41 km².

By the time of founding, the district was co-teminous with the city of Hanamaki.

Until the day before the dissolution (December 31, 2005), there were only two towns left in the district.
* Ishidoriya
* Ōhasama

On January 1, 2006, two towns merged with the town of Tōwa from Waga District and the (former) city of Hanamaki to create the city of Hanamaki and the district dissolved.

District Timeline

* April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the following municipalities were formed. (3 towns, 13 villages)
** The towns of Hanamaki, Hanamakikawaguchi, and Ōhasama
** The villages of Yumoto, Miyanome, Yuguchi, Ōta, Neko, Yasawa, Uchikawame, Sotokawame, Kamegamori, Kōchi, Niibori, Yaehata, and Hachiman
* June 1, 1923 - The town of Hanamakikawaguchi and the village of Neko merged to form the town of Hanamakikawaguchi. (3 towns, 12 villages)
* April 1, 1928 -　The village of Kōchi gained town status and renamed to become the town of Ishidoriya. (4 towns, 11 villages)
* April 10, 1929 - The towns of Hanamaki and Hanamakikawaguchi merged to form the town of Hanamaki. (3 towns, 11 villages)
* April 1, 1954 - The town of Hanamaki and the villages of Yumoto, Yuguchi, Yasawa, Ōta, and Miyanome merged to form the city of Hanamaki. (2 towns, 6 villages)
* January 1, 1955 - The town of Ōhasama and the villages of Uchikawame, Sotokawame, and Kamegamori merged to form the town of Ōhasama. (2 towns, 3 villages)
* April 1, 1955 - The town of Ishidoriya and the villages of Niibori, Yaehata, and Hachiman merged to form the town of Ishidoriya. (2 towns)
* January 1, 2006 - The towns of Ōhasama and Ishidoriya merged with the city of Hanamaki and the town of Tōwa from Waga District to form the city of Hanamaki. Hienuki District was thereby dissolved.

ee also

*List of dissolved districts of Japan


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