Fujitsu District, Saga

Municipalities

• Tara, whose borders are effectively the same as Fujitsu District's.

  History

1889-1963

• 1889-04-01 - The modern municipal system is established and Fujitsu District is formed with 14 villages.
• 1912-12-01 - Minami-Kashima gains town status and is renamed Kashima town, and the village of Kita-Kashima is renamed Kashima village.
• 1918-08-03 - Hachihongi gains town status and is renamed Hama.
• 1918-10-05 - Shiota gains town status.
• 1929-04-22 - Nishi-Ureshino gains town status and is renamed Ureshino.
• 1933-04-01 - Higashi-Ureshino is incorporated into Ureshino.
• 1953-04-01 - Tara gains town status.
• 1954-04-01 - The town of Kashima, the village of Kashima, Hama, Furueda, and Nogomi all merge to form the city of Kashima, which then withdraws from the district.
• 1955-02-11 - Ōura is incorporated into Tara and changes the kanji of its name.
• 1955-03-01 - Nanaura is incorporated into Tara and Kashima.
• 1955-04-01 - Yoshida is incorporated into Ureshino.
• 1956-09-01 - Gochōda and Kuma are incorporated into Shiota.
• 1963-04-01 - Part of Shiota is incorporated into Ureshino.

  Post-1963

• 2006-01-01 - Shiota and Ureshino merge to form the city of Ureshino, which then withdraws from the district.