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. On March 20, 2008, the day before its dissolution, the district consisted solely of the towns of Mitō (美東町) and Shūhō (秋芳町).

History

* April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the villages of Akagō, Akiyoshi, Ayagi, Beppu, Higashiatsu, Isa, Iwanaga, Kyōwa, Managata, Nishiatsu, Ōda, Ofuku and, Ōmine, were formed. (13 villages) * August 1, 1923 - The village of Ōda town status to become the town of Ōda. (1 town, 12 villages) * January 1, 1924 - The village of Isa was elevated to town status to become the town of Isa. (2 towns, 11 villages) * May 1, 1939 - The village of Ōmine was elevated to town status to become the town of Ōmine. (3 towns, 10 villages) * March 31, 1954 - The towns of Ōmine, Isa, and the villages of Higashiatsu, Nishiatsu and Ofuku were merged with the town of Toyotamae (from Toyoura District) to create the city of

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while leaving Mine District. (1 town, 7 villages) * October 1, 1954 - The towns of Ōda, Akagō, Ayagi, and Managata were merged to create the town of Mitō. (1 town, 4 villages) * April 1, 1955 - The villages of Akiyoshi, Iwanaga, Beppu and Kyōwa were merged to create the town of Shūhō. (2 towns) * March 21, 2008 - The towns of Mitō and Shūhō were merged into the expanded city of Mine. Mine District dissolved as a result of this merger. {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:x-small" !April 1, 1889 !1889 - 1944 !1945 - 2008 !2008–present , - , style="background-color:#9cf;" , 大田 (village) , style="background-color:#6ff;" , August 1, 1923
town status , rowspan="4" style="background-color:#6ff;" , October 1, 1954
Mitō (town) , rowspan="13" , March 21, 2008
Mine City , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 赤郷 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 綾木 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 真長田 (village) , - , style="background-color:#9cf;" , 大嶺 (village) , style="background-color:#6ff;" , May 1, 1939
town status , rowspan="5" , March 31, 1954
Mine City , - , style="background-color:#9cf;" , 伊佐 (village) , style="background-color:#6ff;" , January 1, 1924
town status , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 東厚保 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 西厚保 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 於福 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 秋吉 (village) , rowspan="4" style="background-color:#6ff;" , April 1, 1955
Shūhō (town) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 岩永 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 別府 (village) , - , colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" , 共和 (village)

History

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