Minamisōma District, Chiba

Minamisouma District (南相馬郡; -gun) was a district in Chiba, Japan.

District Timeline

• 1878 Founded after the former Souma District areas designated within Chiba Prefecture.
• 1889 At the time of municipal status enforcement, the district had 2 towns and 4 villages.
  • The towns of Abiko, Fussa, and the village of Kohoku (city of Abiko)
  • The village of Tomise (either the cities of Abiko or Kashiwa)
  • The villages of Tega, Fusō (Town of Shonan->City of Kashiwa)
• April 1, 1897 The district merged into Higashikatsushika District and the district dissolved.

External links

• List of dissolved districts of Japan
• Kitasouma District, Ibaraki
• Souma District, Fukushima
• Katsushika District