Osafune merged to form the city of Setouchi) November 1, 2004 Shūsō District (周桑郡), Ehime (The towns of Komatsu and Tanbara and the cities of Saijō and Tōyo merged to form the city of Saijō) 2005 January 1, 2005 Sarashina District (更級郡), Nagano (The village of Ooka merged into the city of Nagano) Iinan District (飯南郡), Mie (The towns of Iinan and Iitaka merged with the city of Matsusaka and two towns from Ichishi District to form the city of Matsusaka) Takashima District (高島郡), Shiga (The towns of Adogawa, Imazu, Shinasahi, Takashima, Makino, and the village of Kutsuki merged to form the city of Takashima) Onsen District (温泉郡), Ehime (The town of Nakajima merged into the city of Matsuyama) Kitaamabe District (北海部郡), Ōita (The town of Saganoseki merged into the city of Ōita) January 11, 2005 Kawabe District (河辺郡), Akita (The towns of Kawabe and merged into the city of Akita) Suzuka District (鈴鹿郡), Mie (The town of Seki and the city of Kameyama merged to form the city of Kameyama) Mihara District (三原郡), Hyōgo (The towns of Midori, Seidan, Mihara, and Nandan merged to form the city of Minamiawaji) Uto District (宇土郡), Kumamoto (The towns of Misumi and Shiranuhi merged with three towns from Shimomashiki District to form the city of Uki) February 1, 2005 Yoshiki District (吉城郡), Gifu (The town of Kokufu and the village of Kamitakara merged into the city of Takayama) Numakuma District (沼隈郡), Hiroshima (The town of Numakuma merged into the city of Fukuyama) February 7, 2005 Mugi District (武儀郡), Gifu (The towns of Mugi, Mugegawa, and the villages of Horado, Kaminoho, and Itadori merged into the city of Seki) February 13, 2005 Ena District (恵那郡), Gifu (The town of Sakashita, the villages of Kawaue, Kashimo, the towns of Tsukechi, Fukuoka, and the village of Hirukawa merged into the city of Nakatsugawa) Toyoura District (豊浦郡), Yamaguchi (The towns of Kikukawa, Toyota, Toyoura, and Hōhoku merged with the city of Shimonoseki to form the city of Shimonoseki) February 28, 2005 Aso District (安蘇郡), Tochigi (The towns Kuzu and Tanuma merged with the city of Sano to form the city of Sano) March 1, 2005 Fugeshi (鳳至郡) and Suzu (珠洲郡) Districts, Ishikawa (Merged to form Hōsu District) Shitsuki District (後月郡), Okayama (The town of Yoshii merged into the city of Ibara) Ogi District (小城郡), Saga (The towns of Ogi, Ashikari, Ushizu, and Mikatsuki merged to form the