Usu District, Hokkaido
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The district has only one town.
Timeline[edit]
- July 1, 1900 - Due to the Hokkaido 1st class municipal status enforcement, the village of Date was formed within Usu District. (1 village)
- April 1, 1915 - Due to the Hokkaido 2nd class municipal status enforcement, the village of Sōbetsu was formed within Usu District. (2 villages)
- 1916 - Population: 21,011. Malaria Patients: 20.
- April 1, 1919 - Due to the Sōbetsu, Hokkaido 2nd class municipal status enforcement, the village of Tokushunbetsu was formed within Usu District. (3 villages)
- June 1920 - Parts of the village of Tokushunbetsu merged into the village of Kimobetsu, Abuta District (now the town of Kimobetsu).
- August 1, 1925 - The village of Date became the 1st class town of Date. (1 town, 2 villages)
- April 1, 1939 - The village of Sōbetsu became the 1st class village.
- June 1, 1943 - 1st and 2nd class municipal status abolished. The village of Tokushunbetu became an officially designated village, according to the Ministry of Interior.
- October 5, 1946 - Designated municipal status enforcement abolished.
- September 1, 1950 - The village of Tokushunbetsu was renamed Ōtaki.
- January 1, 1962 - The village of Sōbetsu gained town status to become the town of Sōbetsu. (2 towns, 1 village)
- April 1, 1972 - The town of Date gained city status to become the city of Date. (1 town, 1 village)
- March 1, 2006 - The village of Ōtaki merged into the city of Date.[1] (1 town)
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総務 省 |令 和 2年版 地方 財政 白書 |資料 編 〔附属 資料 〕昭和 60年度 以降 の市町村 合併 の実績 " [Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60].総務 省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-28.