Awa District, Chiba
Awa District (安房郡, Awa-gun) is a
Kyonan[2]
History
Awa District was one of the ancient districts of Kazusa Province, and originally covered all of the southern end of Bōsō Peninsula. In 718, it was separated from Kazusa to become the separate province of Awa, which existed to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.[2]
In the cadastral reforms of the early Meiji period, Awa Province was divided into four modern districts in 1868: Awa District (安房郡),
Kyonan
.
Mergers
- On February 11, 2005, the town of merged into the city Kamogawa.
- On March 20, 2006, the towns of Minamibōsō.
References
- OCLC 153301537. Archived from the originalon 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the originalon 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
Bibliography
- Awa-gun shi: History of Awa-county, Chiba prefecture. Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. 1926.
- Districts in Chiba Prefecture. General Books. 2010. ISBN 1-158-37112-8.
- Counties of Japan
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