Sakai District, Fukui

This article is about the former district in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. See Sakai, Fukui for the newly created city. For other uses, see Sakai (disambiguation).

Sakai (坂井郡; -gun) was a district located in Fukui, Japan.

As of October 1, 2005, the district had an estimated population of 92,312 and a density of 439.77 persons per km². The total area is 209.91 km².

Former towns

Awara (Awara City)
Harue (Sakai City)
Kanazu (Awara City)
Maruoka (Sakai City)
Mikuni (Sakai City)
Sakai (Sakai City)

Merger

On March 1, 2004 the towns of Awara and Kanazu merged to form the new city of Awara.
On March 20, 2006 when the towns of Harue, Maruoka, Mikuni and Sakai merged to form the new city of Sakai. Sakai District was dissolved as a result.