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Hekikai (碧海郡, Hekikai-gun) was a district located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

As a result of various consolidations and mergers of municipalities, the district was incorporated into the five cities of Kariya, Anjō, Takahama, Chiryū and Hekinan in 2005.

History

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Map showing original extent of Hekikai District in Aichi Prefecture:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
Colored areas are in this district.

Hekikai-gun is one of the ancient counties of western Mikawa Province and is mentioned in Nara period records, under the alternative pronunciation of the kanji in its name (Aomi), of which the only remain is Aomi-cho, a section of Takahama. In the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate, most of the district was either part of Kariya Domain, a feudal domain, or tenryō territory administered directly by the shogunate, and was of the richest agricultural areas of Mikawa. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was merged into Aichi Prefecture.

District Timeline

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See also

External links

Aichi Prefecture
Authority control databases
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