(伊佐郡), Satsuma (Split into Kitaisa and Minamiisa Districts in Kagoshima Prefecture) Others January 1, 1879 Iwate District (磐井郡), Rikuchū (Split into Kitaiwate and Minamiiwate Districts in Iwate Prefecture) July 8, 1881 Abashiri District (網尻郡), Kushiro, Hokkaido (Merged into Abashiri District in Kitami Province) July 27, 1881 Tsugaru (津軽郡) and Fukushima (福島郡) Districts, Oshima, Hokkaido (Merged to form Matsumae District) May 9, 1883 Morokata District (諸県郡), Hyūga (Due to the split of Kagoshima Prefecture, the area became part of the new Miyazaki Prefecture becomes Kitamorokata District and parts remaining in Kagoshima Prefecture became Minamimorokata District) April 1, 1889 Samukawa District (寒川郡), Tochigi (Merged into Shimotsuga District) 1896 February 26, 1896 Nakatsu District (仲津郡), Fukuoka (Merged into Miyako District) Tsuiki (築城郡) and Kōge (上毛郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Chikujō District) Ito (怡土郡) and Shima (志摩郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Itoshima District) Mikasa (御笠郡), Mushiroda (席田郡), and Naka (那珂郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Chikushi District) Kama (嘉麻郡) and Honami (穂波郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Kaho District) Johza (上座郡), Geza (下座郡), and Yasu (夜須郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Asakura District) Kamitsuma (上妻郡) and Shimotsuma (下妻郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Yame District) Ikuha (生葉郡) and Takeno (竹野郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Ukiha District) Mii (御井郡), Mihara (御原郡), and Yamamoto (山本郡) Districts, Fukuoka (Merged to form Mii District) March 26, 1896 Osumi (大住郡) and Yurugi (淘綾郡) Districts, Kanagawa (Merged to form Naka District) Mine (三根郡), Yabu (養父郡), and Kii (基肄郡) Districts, Saga (Merged to form Miyaki District) March 29, 1896 Kitakunohe (北九戸郡) and Minamikunohe (南九戸郡) Districts, Iwate (Merged to form Kunohe District) Kitaiwate (北岩手郡) and Minamiiwate (南岩手郡) Districts, Iwate (Merged to form Iwate District) Higashiwaga (東和賀郡) and Nishiwaga (西和賀郡) Districts, Iwate (Merged to form Waga District) Nishihei (西閉伊郡) and Minamihei (南閉伊郡) Districts, Iwate (Merged to form Kamihei District) Kitahei (北閉伊郡), Nakahei (中閉伊郡), and Higashihei (東閉伊郡) Districts, Iwate (Merged to form Shimohei District) Nishikatsushika District (西葛飾郡), Ibaraki (Merged into Sashima District) Kawachi (河内郡) and Shida (信太郡) Districts, Ibaraki (Merged to form Inashiki District) Toyoda (豊田郡) and Okada (岡田郡) Districts, Ibaraki (Merged into Yūki District) Koma District (高麗郡), Saitama (Merged into Iruma District) Niikura District (新座郡), Saitama (Merged into Kitaadachi District) Hatara (幡羅郡), Hanzawa (榛沢郡), and Obusuma (男衾郡) Districts, Saitama (Merged into Ōsato District) Kami (賀美郡) and Naka (那珂郡) Districts, Saitama (Merged into Kodama District) Yokomi District (横見郡), Saitama (Merged into Hiki District) Nakakatsushika District (中葛飾郡), Shimōsa, Saitama (Merged into Kitakatsushika