Fukayasu District, Hiroshima

Fukayasu (深安郡; -gun) was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture until 2006. On October 1, 1898, the district was formed by the mergers of both Fukatsu and Yasuna Districts. On March 1, 2006, the last remaining town of Kannabe merged into the city of Fukuyama and the district dissolved. The entire district is now within the city of Fukuyama.

The list of towns and villages at the time of the creation of Fukayasu District (October 1, 1898)

※○ is for the towns and villages of Fukatsu District and ● is for the towns and villages of Yasuna District.

• ○Fukuyama (福山町)
• ○Ichi (市村)
• ○Oōtsuno (大津野村)
• ○Kasuga (春日村)
• ○Kamiiwanari (上岩成村)
• ●Kamitakeda (上竹田村)
• ●Kamo (加茂村)
• ●Kawakita (川北村)
• ○Kawaguchi (川口村)
• ●Kawaminami (川南村)
• ○Kinoshō (木之庄村)
• ○Shimoiwanari (下岩成村)
• ●Shimokamo (下加茂村)
• ●Shimotakeda (下竹田村)
• ○Senda (千田村)
• ●Chūjō (中条村)
• ○Tsubou (坪生村)
• ○Teshiro (手城村)
• ○Nakatsuhara (中津原村)
• ○Narazu (奈良津村)
• ○Nogami (野上村)
• ○Hikino (引野村)
• ●Hirose (広瀬村)
• ○Fukatsu (深津村)
• ●Hōjōji (法成寺村)
• ○Honjō (本庄村)
• ●Michinoue (道上村)
• ●Mino (御野村)
• ○Miyoshi (三吉村)
• ○Moriwake (森脇村)
• ●Yahiro (八尋村)
• ●Yamano (山野村)
• ●Yuda (湯田村)
• ○Yoshizu (吉津村)

(Total of 1 town and 33 villages)

Timeline

• October 1, 1898 Both Fukatsu and Yasuna District merged to form Fukayasu District (1 town, 33 villages).
• April 1, 1913 The villages of Nogami and Miyoshi merged into the town of Fukuyama (1 town, 31 villages).
• July 1, 1916 The town of Fukuyama gained city status to become the city of Fukuyama (31 villages).
• March 1, 1929 The villages of Kawakita and Kawaminami merged to form the town of Kannabe (1 town, 29 villages).
• January 1, 1933 The villages of Kawaguchi, Kinoshō, Teshiro, Narazu, Fukatsu, Honjō, and Yoshizu merged into the city of Fukuyama (1 town, 22 village).
• October 1, 1938 The villages of Kamiiwanari, Shimoiwanari, Nakatsuhara, and Moriwake merged to form the village of Gyōkō (1 town, 19 villages, the village was named after the imperial visit of the emperor on November 1930)
• February 11, 1941 The villages of Kamitakeda, Shimotakeda, Yahiro merged to form the village of Takehiro (竹尋村) (1 town, 17 villages).
• October 1, 1941 The villages of Shimokamo and Hōjōji merged to form the village of Kahō (1 town, 16 villages).
• March 31, 1954 The town of Kannabe and the villages of Takehiro, Chūjō, Michinoue, Mino, and Yuda merged to form the town of Kannabe (1 town, 11 villages).
• March 31, 1955 The villages of Kamo, Hirose, and Yamano merged to form the town of Kamo (2 towns, 8 villages).
• March 31, 1955 The villages of Oōtsuno, Kasuga, and Tsubou merged to form the town of Fukayasu (3 towns, 5 villages).
• September 30, 1956 The villages of Ichi, Senda, Hikino, and Gyōkō merged into the city of Fukuyama (3 towns, 1 village).
• September 30, 1956 The village of Kahō dissolved and split into the town of Kamo (Shimokamo and parts of Torigoe in Hōjōji) and the town of Ekiya in Ashina District (remaining parts of Hōjōji) (3 towns).
• January 1, 1962 The town of Fukayasu merged into the city of Fukuyama (2 towns).
• February 1, 1975 The town of Kamo merged into the city of Fukuyama (1 town).

※At the same time, the town of Ekiya in Ashina District also merged into the city of Fukuyama.

• March 1, 2006 The town of Kannabe merged into the city of Fukuyama. Fukayasu District dissolved due to this merger.