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Map showing historic extent of Semboku District in Akita Prefecture
colored area=original area; green=present area

Senboku District (仙北郡, Senboku-gun) is a rural district located in Akita, Japan.

At present time (as of June 2013), the district consists of only the town of Misato with an estimated population of 20,771 and an area of 168.36 km2. All of the city of Senboku, most of the city of Daisen and part of the city of Yokote were formerly part of Senboku District.

Towns and villages

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History

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The area of Senboku District was formerly part of Dewa Province, and was originally created out of Hiraka District in the year 870. Dewa Province was divided into the provinces of Ugo Province and Uzen Province following the Meiji Restoration on January 19, 1869, with the area of Semboku becoming part of Ugo Province. At the time, the area consisted of one town (Kakunodate) and 181 villages formerly under the control of Kubota Domain. Akita Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871.

Historic Map of Semboku District:

Purple - Daisen-shi
  1. Ōmagari
  2. Jinguji
  3. Shinkariwano
  4. Hanadate
  5. Yodokawa
  6. Arakawa
  7. Tsuchikawa
  8. Ozawagō
  9. Kowakubi
  10. Minaminaraoka
  11. Uchiotomo
  12. Sotootomo
  13. Ōkawa-Nishine
  14. Fujiki
  15. Takanashi
  16. Yotsuya
  17. Nagano
  18. Shimizu
  19. Toyokawa
  20. Toyooka
  21. Yokozawa
  22. Nagashida
  23. Yokobori

Light Blue - now part of Yokote-shi
  1. Kanazawa (southern portion)

Pink - Semboku-shi
  1. Kakunodate
  2. Jindai
  3. Obonai
  4. Tazawa
  5. Hinokinai
  6. Saimyōji
  7. Nakagawa
  8. Kumosawa
  9. Shiraiwa

Salmon - Misato-machi
  1. Rokugō
  2. Kanazawa (northern portion)
  3. Senya
  4. Hataya
  5. Iizume
  6. Kanazawa-Nishine

With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, modern Senboku District, with one town (Kakunodate) and 37 villages was established.

References

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  1. ^ "仙北市について". 仙北市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-15. 仙北市は平成17年9月20日に旧田沢湖町、旧角館町、旧西木村が合併し、誕生しました。

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