The 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 2005, the estimated
population
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is 20,784 with a total area is 299.50 km
2.
The district includes one town.
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Uchiko
Origin of name
The name "Kita" is first found in the year 901 in the ''
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
, abbreviated as Sandai Jitsuroku, is an officially commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 901, it is the sixth and final text in the Six National Histories series. It covers the years 858–887.
Background
Following the earlier nation ...
''. The Kita district originally formed the northern part of the
Uwa District; ''kita'' (北) means "north", though nonstandard
kanji
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(喜多) are used in this case.
History
*November 8, 1866 — Northern
Uwa District broke off and formed Kita District.
*1877 — The district was re-instituted by
Meiji era
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization b ...
land reforms. (2 towns, 34 villages)
*January 1878 — The district hall was placed in the town of Ōzu (now the city of
Ōzu).
*1889 — The village of Nakayama was reassigned to the
Shimoukena District (now the city of
Iyo). (2 towns, 33 villages)
*February 1899 — The village of Hirano from
Nishiuwa District was reassigned to the Kita District. (2 towns, 34 villages)
*April 1, 1908 — The villages of Taira and Kita merged to become the village of Ōzu. (2 towns, 33 villages)
*September 30, 1908 — Parts of the village of Shimonada in
Iyo District merged into the village of Mitsuho.
*April 1, 1909
**The village of Tadokoro merged into the village of Yanagisawa. (2 towns, 32 villages)
**The villages of Yamatokasa and Okuna merged to form the village of Kawabe. (2 towns, 31 villages)
*May 21, 1920 — The village of Ikazaki gained town status to become the town of Ikazaki. (3 towns, 30 villages)
*November 1, 1921 — The villages of Ōnaru and Kurakawa merged to become the village of Ōkawa. (3 towns, 28 villages)
*January 1, 1922 — The villages of Shiba and Takigawa merged to become the village of Shirataki. (3 towns, 28 villages)
*April 1, 1922
**The villages of Toyoshige and Aioi merged to become the village of Yamato. (3 towns, 27 villages)
**The village of Kitayama merged into the village of Niiya. (3 towns, 26 villages)
*August 10, 1925 — Parts of the village of Minamikume merged into the town of Ōzu.
*December 26, 1929 — The village of Murasaki split and merged into the villages of Gojō, Ōse, and Tenjin. (3 towns, 25 villages)
*January 1, 1934 — The village of Kume merged into the town of Ōzu. (3 towns, 23 villages)
*April 1, 1943 — The villages of Kawabe, Ōtani, Uwagawa, and parts of the village of Ukena from
Kamiukena District, merged to form the village of Hijikawa. (3 towns, 21 villages)
*April 1, 1948 — Parts of the village of Hikjikawa merged into the village of Ōkawa.
*January 1, 1951 — The village of Hijikawa broke up into the villages of Hijikawa and Kawabe. (3 towns, 22 villages)
*September 1, 1954
**The villages of Hirano, Awazu, Miyoshi, Kamisukai, the town of Ōzu, and the villages of Minamikume, Sugeta, Niiya, Yanagisawa, and Ōkawa merged to form the city of Ōzu. (2 towns, 12 villages)
**The villages of Tenjin, and Misogi merged into the town of Ikazaki. (2 towns, 11 villages)
*January 1, 1955
**The village of
Kitanada, the town of Nagahama, and the villages of Kushū, Izumi, Yamato, and Shirataki merged to become the town of Nagahama. (3 towns, 6 villages)
**The villages of Mitsuho, Tatsukawa, Gojō, and Ōse merged into the town of Uchiko. (3 towns, 2 villages)
*February 11, 1955 — Parts of the village of Kaibuki from
Higashiuwa District and parts of the village of Yokobayashi from Higashiuwa District merged into the village of Hijikawa.
*November 3, 1959 — The village of Hijikawa gained town status to become the town of Hijikawa. (4 towns, 1 village)
*January 1, 2005 — The towns of
Ikazaki, and
Oda from
Kamiukena District, merged into the town of
Uchiko. (3 towns, 1 village)
*January 11, 2005 — The towns of
Hijikawa and
Nagahama, and the village of
Kawabe merged into the expanded city of
Ōzu. (1 town)
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