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Asa (厚狭郡, Asa-gun) was a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 22,781 within a total area of 89.89 km².
In the past, the district included the cities of Ube (excluding Kiwa), San'yō-Onoda, and eastern Shimonoseki (Yoshida and Tamaki).
As a big merger before, Kusunoki and San'yō organized into two towns.
On November 1, 2004, the town of Kusunoki was merged into the expanded city of Ube (Currently, the city of Ube).On March 22, 2005, the town of San'yō was merged with the city of Onoda merged (Currently, the city of San'yō-Onoda). 737 - Asa District mentioned for the first time in ancient documents.1650 - The administrative divisions of Chōshū Domain - Jae of the stamp has been set up, with a gun, and Osamu Yoshida and Osamu Hunaki stamp-size, is located.1879 - Due to the land reforms, the current Asa District was formed.April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the villages of Futamatase, Nishi Atsushi, Deai,Ikuta, Fujiyama, Funaki, Kibe, Kōnan, Kotō, Magura, Ono, Sue, Takachiho, Tamaki, Ube and Yoshida. (16 villages)September 1, 1917 - The village of Funaki was elevated to town status to become the town of Funaki. (1 town, 15 villages)October 1, 1918 - The village of Nishi Atsushi was renamed and elevated to town status to become the town of Asa. (2 towns, 14 villages)April 3, 1920 - The village of Sue was renamed and elevated to town status to become the town of Onoda. (3 towns, 13 villages)1921 - The district government abolished. Since then, the district remain for geographic reasons.November 1, 1921 - The village of Ube was elevated to city status to become the city of Ube. (3 towns, 12 villages)April 1, 1929 - The village of Deai was merged into the town of Asa.(3 towns, 11 villages)August 1, 1931 - The village of Fujiyama was merged into the city of Ube. (3 towns, 10 villages)April 1, 1938 - The village of Takachiho was elevated to town status to become the town of Takachiho. (4 towns, 9 villages)November 3, 1940 - The towns of Takachiho and Onoda were merged to form the city of Onoda. (2 towns, 9 villages)October 20, 1941 - The village of Kōnan was merged into the city of Ube. (2 towns, 8 villages)June 1, 1948 - The village of 生田村 was renamed and elevated to town status to become the town of Habu. (3 towns, 7 villages)October 1, 1954 - The villages of Kotō、Ono and Futamatase, along with the village of Higashikiwa (from Yoshiki District), were merged into the city of Ube. (3 towns, 4 villages)April 1, 1955 - The town of Funaki, and the villages of Kibe and Magura were merged to create the town of Kusunoki. (3 towns, 2 villages)July 1, 1955 - The villages of Tamaki and Yoshida were merged into the city of Shimonoseki. (3 towns)September 30, 1956 - The towns of Asa and Habu were merged to create the town of San'yō. (2 towns)November 1, 2004 - The town of Kusunoki was merged into the expanded city of Ube. (1 town)March 22, 2005 - The town of San'yō was merged with the city of Onoda to create the city of San'yō-Onoda. Asa District was dissolved as a result of this merger.Asa District, Yamaguchi Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA