List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture
Here is a list of mergers in Osaka Prefecture, Japan since the Meiji era.
Prefectural mergers and border changes[]
This list is incomplete. Many changes are missing.
Osaka before 1881[]
- 1868 (Boshin war/Meiji restoration) – Osaka is established as prefecture (-fu) in succession to the shogunate administration in Osaka (bugyō→saibansho).
- August 1868 (sixth month, Meiji 1) – (previously shogunate city Sakai and shogunate domain in Izumi province) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
- 1869 – (previously shogunate lands in Kawachi province) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
- 1869 – (previously shogunate lands in Settsu province; later renamed →Toyosaki) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
- 1869 – Toyosaki is split between Osaka and Hyōgo.
- 1871/72 (Abolition of domains and first wave of prefectural mergers) – The prefectures and Asada are merged into Osaka. After consolidation, Osaka covers the Eastern part of Settsu province.
Nara before 1876[]
See the List of mergers in Nara Prefecture
Sakai[]
- 1869 – Kawachi is merged into Sakai.
- 1870 – Sayama Domain is returned to the central government and merged into Sakai.
- 1870 – Mikami Domain with holdings in Ōmi and Izumi provinces moves the domain seat from Mikami in Ōmi (today: Yasu, Shiga) to Yoshimi in Izumi (today: Tajiri, Osaka) and becomes .
- 1871/72 (Abolition of domains and first wave of prefectural mergers) – The prefectures Hakata, Kishiwada, Yoshimi and Tannan are merged into Sakai. After consolidation, Sakai encompasses all of Izumi and Kawachi provinces without exclaves/enclaves.
- 1876 – Nara is merged into Sakai.
- 1881 – Sakai is merged into Osaka prefecture.
Osaka since 1881[]
- 1887 – Nara prefecture is split off from Osaka prefecture.
District mergers[]
This list is incomplete. Some mergers are missing.
- 1878–80 (Reactivation of districts as administrative units, establishment of urban districts) – Osaka is subdivided into four urban districts (-ku) and seven [rural] districts (-gun) from ancient Settsu province. Sakai consists of one urban district and four [rural] districts from ancient Izumi province, 16 districts from Kawachi and 15 districts from Yamato (becomes Nara in 1887).
- 1896 – The districts and are merged to form Toyono District.
- 1896 – The districts and (from ancient Izumi Province) are merged to form Senboku-gun ("Izumi North district").
- 1896 – The districts and (from ancient Izumi Province) are merged to form Sennan-gun ("Izumi South district").
- 1896 – The districts , , , , , and (from ancient Kawachi Province) are merged to form Minami-Kawachi ("South Kawachi") District
- 1896 – The districts , , , , and (from ancient Kawachi Province) are merged to form .
- 1896 – The district , and (from ancient Kawachi Province) are merged to form .
Municipal mergers[]
This list is incomplete. Most mergers are missing.
Establishment of modern municipalities 1889/1896[]
After the modern municipalities (cities, towns and villages) were introduced and the Great Meiji mergers performed in 1889 and after the 1896 #District mergers, Osaka consisted of:
- 2 [district-independent] cities (-shi)
- Four urban districts (Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, Minami-ku, Kita-ku) become part of the new Osaka City (Ōsaka-shi) in 1889.
- The urban district Sakai (Sakai-ku) becomes Sakai City (Sakai-shi) in 1889.
- 9 districts (-gun)
- : 2 towns, 30 villages, district seat:
- : 4 towns, 26 villages, district seat:
- Mishima: 32 villages, district seat: Ibaraki Village
- Toyono: 1 town, 22 villages, district seat: Ikeda Town
- Senboku/Izumi North: 40 villages, district seat:
- Sennan/Izumi South: 3 towns, 40 villages, district seat: Kishiwada Town
- Minami-/South Kawachi: 41 villages, district seat: Tondabayashi Village
- : 40 villages, district seat: Yao Village
- : 2 towns, 31 villages, district seat: Hirakata Town
Mergers 1889–1950[]
- 1890 – in Shiki District is merged into .
- 1892 – and in Ōtori District merge to form .
Mergers in the 1950s (Great Shōwa mergers)[]
Mergers since the 1960s[]
- On February 1, 2005 - The town of Mihara (from Minamikawachi District) was merged into the expanded city of Sakai. Since then, Sakai has been split into wards of which Mihara-ku is one.
References[]
- Ishida Satoshi: System of prefectures (-fu/-ken) and domains (-han) in the Kinki region, Changes in prefectures (-fu/-ken) in the Kinki region, Changes in districts (-ku/-gun) in the Kinki region, Changes in municipalities (-shi/-chō/-son) in Osaka (in Japanese)
- Sakai City, historical sites: Old location of the Sakai Prefectural Government Building (designated prefectural historical landmark of Osaka) (in Japanese)
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