Hōsu District, Ishikawa

Hosu District in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Hōsu (鳳珠郡, Hōsu-gun) is a district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The current total area is 456.69 km².

The district has two towns.

Anamizu
Noto

District History

On March 1, 2005 the village of Yanagida and the town of Noto from Fugeshi District merged with the town of Uchiura from Suzu District to form the town of Noto.

This merger effectively merged both Suzu and Fugeshi districts and put Hōsu District in these areas since the borders of two districts had been wiped out. At the same time, the towns of Anamizu and Monzen, both formerly from Fugeshi District, became towns in Hōsu District.

The new district takes one kanji from each of its predecessors: the first kanji comes from Fugeshi (鳳至) and the second comes from Suzu (珠洲).

Changes since the creation

March 1, 2005 - Suzu and Fugeshi districts merged to form Hōsu District.
February 1, 2006 - The town of Monzen merged with the city of Wajima to form the city of Wajima.

Ishikawa Prefecture

Kanazawa (capital)

Core city	Kanazawa

Cities	Hakui Hakusan Kaga Kahoku Komatsu Nanao Nomi Nonoichi Suzu Wajima

Hakui District	Hōdatsushimizu Shika

Hōsu District	Anamizu Noto

Kahoku District	Tsubata Uchinada

Kashima District	Nakanoto

Nomi District	Kawakita

List of mergers in Ishikawa Prefecture

Coordinates: 37°17′42″N 137°02′02″E / 37.295°N 137.034°E / 37.295; 137.034

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