is a district located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park. Parts of the cities of Hadano and Odawara, and the entire city of Minamiashigara were formerly part of Ashigarakami District.
As of 2009, the district had an estimated population of 67,954 and a density of 224 persons per km2. The total area was 303.44 km2.
Towns and villages Kaisei Matsuda Nakai Ōi Yamakita
History
Ashigarakami District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, per the Nara period Ritsuryō system, under the name as . 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 territory administered by the 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 26 villages.
On April 1, 1972, part of Ashigarakami District became the city of Minamiashigara.
Merger table pre-1889April 1, 18891889–19261926–19441945 - 19541955–19891989–Present Kamihadano village Kamihadano village Kamihadano village Kamihadano village July 28, 1955Naka District, Nishihadano town January 1, 1963merged with Hadano city Hadano city Hadano Yamada village Yamada village Yamada villageNovember 3, 1946Aiwa village June 20, 1951 merged with Nishihadano village (Tochikubo area) Kaminaka village Kaminaka village Kaminaka village Aiwa village April 1, 1956 Ōi town Ōi town Ōi Kaneda village Kaneda village Kaneda village Kaneda village Soga village Soga village Soga village Soga village April 1, 1956 Ōi town (Nishiōi・Kamiōi areas)April 1, 1956merged with Odawara city (except Nishiōi, Kamiōi areas) Odawara city Odawara Sakurai village Sakurai village Sakurai village December 18, 1950merged with Odawara city Odawara city Naka villageApril 1, 1908 Nakai village Nakai village Nakai village December 1, 1963 Nakai town Nakai town Nakai Inokuchi village Sakata village Sakata village Sakata village Sakata village February 1, 1955 Kaisei town Kaisei town Kaisei Yoshidajima village Yoshidajima village Yoshidajima village Yoshidajima village Matsuda village April 1, 1909 Matsuda town Matsuda town Matsuda town Matsuda town Matsuda town Matsuda Yadoriki village Yadoriki village Yadoriki village Yadoriki village April 1, 1955merged with Matsuda town Minamiashigara village Minamiashigara village April 1, 1940 Minamiashigara town Minamiashigaru townApril 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town April 1, 1972 Minamiashigara city Minamiashigara city Minamiashigara Fukuzawa village Fukuzawa village Fukuzawa village Fukuzawa village Okamoto village Okamoto village Okamoto village Okamoto village Kitaashigara village Kitaashigara village Kitaashigara village Kitaashigara village April 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town (except Hirayama area) April 1, 1955merged with Yamakita town (Hirayama area) Yamakita town Yamakita Kawa village Kawa village April 1, 1933 Yamakita town Yamakita town February 1, 1955 Yamakita town Kyowa village Kyōwa village Kyōwa village Kyōwa village Kawanishi village April 1, 1911 Kawanishi village April 1, 1923 Shimizu village Shimizu village Shimizu village Yubure village Yaga village Yaga village Yamaichiba villageYamaichiba village Kaminawa village Kaminawa village February 1, 1925merged with Shimizu village (Kaminawa area) February 1, 1925merged with Miho village (Kamioda area) Miho village Miho village Nakakawa village April 1, 1909 Miho village Kurokura village Yozuku village