Akumi District, Yamagata

In August 2013, the district had an estimated population of 14,695 and an area of 208.41 km2.

All of the city of Sakata north of the Mogami River was formerly part of the Akumi District.

Akumi County was formerly part of Dewa Province, and was mentioned in the Engishiki records of the early Heian period.

At that time, the area consisted of two towns and 154 villages.

On November 1, 2005, as part of the Heisei period Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan, the city of Sakata and the towns of Hirata, Matsuyama and Yawata merged to form the new city of Sakata.

Map showing the original extent of Akumi District in Yamagata Prefecture

colored area=original extent in Meiji period; green=present area
Historic Map of Akumi District:
Purple= Sakata City
  1. Sakata
  2. Matsumine
  3. Kamigō
  4. Uchigō
  5. Tazawa
  6. Kitamata
  7. Minami-Hirata
  8. Higashi-Hirata
  9. Kita-Hirata
  10. Naka-Hirata
  11. Nishi-Hirata
  12. Udogawara
  13. Ueda
  14. Mototake
  15. Ichijō
  16. Kannonji
  17. Ozawa
  18. Nikkō
  19. Nishi-Arase
  20. Minami-Arase

Pink=Yuza Town
  1. Inada
  2. Kawatsura
  3. Nishi-Yusa
  4. Yusa
  5. Warabioka
  6. Ichigo
  7. Takase
  8. Fukura
  9. Tobishima