Hatsukaichi) November 7, 2005 Ōno District (大野郡), Fukui (The village of Izumi merged into the city of Ōno) Hioki District (日置郡), Kagoshima (The town of Kinpō merged with the city of Kaseda and three towns from Kawanabe District to form the city of Minamisatsuma) 2006~ January 1, 2006 Hienuki District (稗貫郡), Iwate (The towns of Ōhasama and Ishidoriya merged with the town of Tōwa from Waga District and the city of Hanamaki to form the city of Hanamaki) Nakakanbara District (中蒲原郡), Niigata (The town of Muramatsu merged with the city of Gosen to form the city of Gosen) Age District (安芸郡), Mie (The towns of Kawage, Geinō, Anō, and the village of Misato merged with the 4 towns and villages from Ichishi District and the cities of Hisai and Tsu to form the city of Tsu) Ichishi District (一志郡), Mie (The towns of Ichishi, Karasu, Hakusan, and the village of Misugi merged with 4 towns and village from Age District and the cities of Hisai and Tsu to form the city of Tsu) Kanzaki District (神崎郡), Shiga (The town of Notogawa merged into the city of Higashiōmi) Amata District (天田郡), Kyoto (The towns of Miwa and Yakuno merged into the city of Fukuchiyama) Kasa District (加佐郡), Kyoto (The town of Ōe merged into the city of Fukuchiyama) Kitakuwada District (北桑田郡), Kyoto (The town of Miyama merged with 3 towns from Funai District to form the city of Nantan) Mitoyo District (三豊郡), Kagawa (The towns of Takase, Yamamoto, Mino, Toyonaka, Takuma, Nio, and Saita merged to form the city of Mitoyo) January 23, 2006 Toki District (土岐郡), Gifu (The town of Kasahara merged into the city of Tajimi) February 1, 2006 Asuwa District (足羽郡), Fukui (The town of Miyama merged into the city of Fukui) February 11, 2006 Tsuna District (津名郡), Hyōgo (The town of Goshiki merged with the city of Sumoto to form the city of Sumoto) March 1, 2006 Fukayasu District (深安郡), Hiroshima (The town of Kannabe merged into the city of Fukuyama) Kami District (香美郡), Kōchi (The towns of Tosayamada and Kahoku and the village of Monobe merged to form the city of Kami; the towns of Akaoka, Kagami, Noichi, and Yasu and the village of Yoshikawa merged to form the city of Kōnan) March 3, 2006 Onyū District (遠敷郡), Fukui (The village of Natasho merged with the town of Ōi from Ōi District to form the town