Sakai District, Fukui

Sakai (坂井郡, Sakai-gun) was a district located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

This article is about the district. For the city, see Sakai, Fukui. For the town, see Sakai, Fukui (town).
Location of former Sakai-gun, Fukui Prefecture, highlighted in yellow.
Colored areas are in this district.

As of October 1, 2005, the district had an estimated population of 92,312 and a density of 439.77 persons per km2. The total area is 209.91 km2.

Towns

Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of six towns:

History

Recent mergers
  • On March 1, 2004 - The former town of Awara absorbed the town of Kanazu to form the city of Awara.
  • On March 20, 2006 - The former town of Sakai absorbed the towns of Harue, Maruoka and Mikuni to form the city of Sakai. Sakai District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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