Districts of Japan

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In Japan, a district (郡, gun) is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities are not part of districts.

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Modern districts of Japan. Cities (white areas) are not part of districts.
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Former district government office of Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi (reconstruction at Meiji-mura museum)
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District assembly of Kawabe, Akita in 1923. All assemblies would be abolished by 1926.

Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit. From 1878[1] to 1921[2] district governments were roughly equivalent to a county of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city.[3] District governments were entirely abolished by 1926.[2]