Sōsa District, Chiba
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Sōsa District (匝瑳郡 Sōsa-gun) was an administrative district in Chiba Prefecture Japan. The district was dissolved March 27, 2006 when the town of Hikari merged with the town of Yokoshiba, Sanbu District, to form the town of Yokoshibahikari, with the new town designated as part of Sanbu District.
[edit] History
During the early Meiji period establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, Sōsa District, consisting of one town (Fukuoka) and 13 villages were formed. Fukuoka was renamed Yokaichiba on December 8, 1915. On November 3, 1948 the villages of Yoshida, Iitaka, Toyowa, and Hiyoshi, Katori District were redesignated as part of Sōsa District.
On March 31, 1954 the town of Yokaichiba expanded through annexation of the neighboring villages of Heiwa, Tsubakimi, Sosa, Toyosaka, Suga, Kyoko, Yoshida, Iitaka, and Toyowa. On May 3, 1954 the villages of Nanjo, Toyo, Shirahama, and Hiyoshi merged to form the town of Hikari. On June 1, 1954, the villages of Kyowa and Toyohata merged into the town of Asahi in Kaijo District.
Yokaichiba gained city status on July 1, 1954. On July 17, 1954 the villages of Sakae and Noda merged to form the new town of Nosaka, which left the district with two towns and no villages.
On January 23, 2006, Nosaka merged with the Yokaichiba to form the city of Sōsa. On March 27, 2006 Hikari merged with the town of Yokoshiba, Sanbu District, to form the town of Yokoshibahikari in Sanbu District, at which point Sōsa District was dissolved.
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