is a
district
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located in
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2004, the estimated
population
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is 11,222 with a total area of 583.66 km
2.
It consists of one town.
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Kumakōgen
History
*Due to 1878 Land Reforms, the district was created after the breakup of
Ukena District. (24 villages)
*1889
**The villages of Kamigawa, Nakagawa, and Hongawa merged to become the village of Sangawa. (22 villages)
**The villages of Ōhira, Hinokawa, Machi, and Tera merged to become the village of Odamachi. (19 villages)
**The villages of Tateishi and Nanzan merged to become the village of Ishiyama. (18 villages)
**The villages of Yoshinokawa, Nakatado, Kamitado, and Usuki merged to become the village of Tado. (17 villages)
*August 20, 1900 — The village of Kumamachi gained town status to become the town of Kuma. (1 town, 14 villages)
*February 11, 1924 — The village of Sugō merged into the town of Kuma. (1 town, 13 villages)
*January 1, 1934 — The village of Somagawa was renamed to the village of Omogo.
*April 1, 1943
**The village of Ishiyama merged into the village of Odamachi. (1 town, 12 villages)
**Parts of the village of Ukena merged into the village of Sōgawa in the
Higashiuwa District.
**Parts of the village of Ukena merged with the villages of Kawabe, Ōtani, and Uwakawa from Kita District to form the village of Hijikawa in Kita District (now the city of
Ōzu). (1 town 11 villages)
*September 1, 1943 — The village of Myōjin merged into the town of Kuma. (1 town, 10 villages)
*March 31, 1955
**Parts of the village of
Nakatsu merged into the village of Yanadani.
**The villages of
Hirokata,
Shinagawa
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies.
, the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total are ...
, and parts of Nakatsu merged to become the village of Mikawa. (1 town, 8 villages)
**The villages of
Tado,
Sangawa, and Odamachi merged to become the town of Oda. (2 towns, 5 villages)
*March 31, 1959 — The villages of
Kawase, Fujimine, and parts of the village of Mikawa merged into the town of Kuma. (2 towns, 3 villages)
*August 1, 2004 — The town of
Kuma, and the villages of
Mikawa,
Omogo and
Yanadani merged to form the new town of
Kumakōgen. (2 towns)
*January 1, 2005 — The town of
Oda, and the town of
Ikazaki, from
Kita District, merged into the expanded town of
Uchiko in
Kita District. (1 town)
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