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Ashina (芦品郡, Ashina-gun) was one of the districts located in Hiroshima Prefecture until 2003. The district was created on October 1, 1898, when both Ashida and Honji districts merged. On February 3, 2003, the last town, Shin'ichi (新市町; -chō) was merged into Fukuyama and the district dissolved. Currently, the district is now part of the cities of Fukuyama and Fuchū, and the town of Jinsekikōgen in Jinseki District.