Higashiyamanashi District, Yamanashi

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Higashiyamanashi (東山梨郡, Higashiyamanashi-gun) was a district located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2004, the district had an estimated population of 10,701. The total area was 79.27 km².

Until the day before the district dissolved (October 31, 2005), the district has only two municipalities left.

• Katsunuma
• Yamato

Mergers[]

• On October 12, 2004 - the town of Kasugai was merged with the towns of Ichinomiya, Isawa, Misaka and Yatsushiro, the village of Sakaigawa (all from Higashiyatsushiro District), to create the city of Fuefuki.
• On March 22, 2005 - the town of Makioka, and the village of Mitomi were merged into the expanded city of Yamanashi.
• On November 1, 2005 - the towns of Katsunuma and Yamato were merged with the city of Enzan to create the city of Kōshū. Higashiyamanashi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.