Map of Ashigarashimo District with Meiji period area in yellow, modern area in greenHakone , 2 - Manazuru , 3 - Yugawara Ashigarashimo District (足柄下郡 Ashigarashimo-gun is a district of Japan located in western Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan . Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park . The majority of the area of the city of Odawara was formerly part of Ashigarashimo District .
As of 2009, the district had an estimated population of 48,713 and a density of 346 persons per km2 . The total area was 140.73 km2 .
Towns and villages
History
Historic Map of Ashigaramshimo District Ashigarashimo District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province , per the Nara period Ritsuryō system, under the name as Ashinoshimo District (足下郡 Ashinoshimo-gun . The area was under control of the later Hōjō clan in the Sengoku period , and part of Odawara Domain during the Edo period . Following disasters caused by eruptions of nearby Mount Fuji , a portion also came to be held as tenryō Tokugawa shogunate .
Timeline
After the Meiji Restoration , it initially formed part of the short-lived Ashigara Prefecture , before was established as a district of Kanagawa Prefecture under the cadastral reform of 1878. In 1889, it was administratively divided into two towns (Odawara and Hakone) and 30 villages. On December 20, 1940, Odawara was elevated to city status. A planned merger of Yugawara into Odawara in 2005 was rejected by local voters in an August 8, 2004 referendum .
Merger table
before 1889
April 1, 1889
1889 - 1926
1926 – 1944
1945 - 1954
1955 - 1989
1989–Present
Present
Shimonaka village
Shimonaka village
Shimonaka village
Shimonaka village
April 1, 1955
April 1, 1971
Odawara city
Odawara
Maeha village
Maeha village
Maeha village
Maeha village
Shimofuchu village
Shimofuchu village
Shimofuchu village
April 1, 1948
Odawara city
Kamifuchu village
Kamifuchu village
Kamifuchu village
December 1, 1954
Shimosoga village
Shimosoga village
Shimosoga village
Toyokawa village
Toyokawa village
Toyokawa village
July 15, 1954
Tajima village
Tajima village
Tajima village
April 1, 1948
December 1, 1954
Kōzu village
April 1, 1924
Kōzu town
Kōzu town
Sakawa village
Sakawa village
Sakawa village
April 1, 1942
Sakawa town
December 20, 1940
Odawara city
Odawara town
Odawara town
Odawara town
December 20, 1940
Ashiko village
April 1, 1908
February 11, 1940
Futakawa village
Kuno village
Tomizu village
Ōkubo village
Ōkubo village
Ōkubo village
Hayakawa village
Hayakawa village
Hayakawa village
Ishibashi village
April 1, 1913
Kataura village
December 1, 1954
Yonegami village
Nebukawa village
Enoura village
Yumoto village
Yumoto village
October 1, 1927
Yumoto town
September 30, 1956
Hakone town
Hakone
Onsen village
Onsen village
Onsen village
Onsen village
Miyagino village
Miyagino village
Miyagino village
Miyagino village
Sengokubara village
Sengokubara village
Sengokubara village
Sengokubara village
Hakone town
Hakone town
Hakone town
January 1, 1954
Motohakone village
Motohakone village
Motohakone village
Ashinoyu village
Ashinoyu village
Ashinoyu village
Manazuru village
Manazuru village
October 1, 1927
Manazuru town
September 30, 1956
Manazuru village
Manazuru
Iwa village
Iwa village
Iwa village
Iwa village
Doi village
July 1, 1926
Yugawara town
Yugawara town
April 1, 1955
Yugawara town
Yugawara
Yoshihama village
Yoshihama village
April 1, 1940
Yoshihama town
Fukuura village
Fukuura village
Fukuura village
Fukuura village
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