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Here is a list of mergers in
Gunma Prefecture ,
Japan since the Heisei era.
Mergers from April 1, 1999 to Present
On April 1, 2003 - the town of
Manba , and the village of
Nakasato (both from
Tano District ) were merged to create the town of
Kanna .
On December 5, 2004 - the town of
Ōgo , and the villages of
Kasukawa and
Miyagi (all from
Seta District ) were merged into the expanded city of
Maebashi .
On January 1, 2005 - the old city of
Isesaki absorbed the towns of
Akabori and
Sakai , and the village of
Azuma (all from
Sawa District ) to create the new and expanded city of
Isesaki .
On February 13, 2005 - the villages of
Shirasawa and
Tone (both from
Tone District ) were merged into the expanded city of
Numata .
On March 28, 2005 - the old city of
Ōta absorbed the towns of
Nitta ,
Ojima and
Yabuzukahonmachi (all from
Nitta District ) to create the new and expanded city of
Ōta .
On June 13, 2005 - the villages of
Kurohone and
Niisato (both from
Seta District ) were merged into the expanded city of
Kiryū .
On October 1, 2005 - the town of
Tsukiyono and the village of
Niiharu (both from
Tone District ) were merged into the expanded town of
Minakami .
On January 1, 2006 - the town of
Onishi (from
Tano District ) was merged into the expanded city of
Fujioka .
On January 23, 2006 - the towns of
Gunma ,
Kurabuchi and
Misato (all from
Gunma District ), and the town of
Shinmachi (from
Tano District ) were merged into the expanded city of
Takasaki .
On February 20, 2006 - the old city of
Shibukawa absorbed the town of
Ikaho , the villages of
Komochi and
Onogami (all from
Kitagunma District ), and the villages of
Akagi and
Kitatachibana (both from
Seta District ) to create the new and expanded city of
Shibukawa .
On March 18, 2006 - the town of
Matsuida (from
Usui District ) was merged into the expanded city of
An'naka .
Usui District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
On March 27, 2006 - the town of
Ōmama (from
Yamada District ), the town of
Kasakake (from
Nitta District ), and the village of
Azuma (from
Seta District ) were merged to create the city of
Midori .
Nitta District and
Yamada District were dissolved as a result of this merger.
On March 27, 2006 - the old city of
Tomioka absorbed the town of
Myōgi (from
Kanra District ) to create the new and expanded city of
Tomioka .
On March 27, 2006 - the towns of
Agatsuma and
Azuma (both from
Agatsuma District ) were merged to create the town of
Higashiagatsuma .
On October 1, 2006 - the town of
Haruna (from
Gunma District ) was merged into the expanded city of
Takasaki .
Gunma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
On May 5, 2009 - the village of
Fujimi (from
Seta District ) was merged into the expanded city of
Maebashi .
Seta District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
On June 1, 2009 - the town of
Yoshii (from
Tano District ) was merged into the expanded city of
Takasaki .
On March 28, 2010 - the village of
Kuni (from
Agatsuma District ) was merged into the expanded town of
Nakanojō .