Ihara District, Shizuoka


Ihara District was a rural district located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of the end of 2008, the district had an estimated population of 26,859 and a population density of 497.85 persons per km². Its total area was 53.95 km².

History

Ihara District was created in the early Meiji cadastral reforms of April 1, 1889, with four towns and ten villages. Fujikawa Fujikawa was raised to town status on January 1, 1901, followed by Tsuji on August 1, 1918. However, both Ejiri and Tsuji were transferred to Abe District on January 13, 1924, leaving the district with four towns and nine villages.
The village of Sodeshi was raised to town status on April 8, 1948, and the village of Nishina was annexed by the city of Shizuoka on April 8, 1948. In 1954 the city of Shimizu annexed the villages of Takabe and Iida, and in 1957, the village of Uchibo was transferred to Fuji District. Later that year, the town of Fujikawa annexed Matsuno village. In 1961, the towns of Okitsu and Sodeshi along with three villages were annexed by the city of Shimizu.

Recent mergers