was a district located in central

Iyo Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of northwestern Shikoku.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tosa''" in . Iyo bordered on Sanuki Province to the northeast, Awa Province (Tokushima), Awa to the east ...

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Ehime Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

) until 1878. In the 7th century, under the system, Kume District was established.A marked was discovered in the outer moat in the north of the Fujiwara Palace of the

Fujiwara-kyō 280px, Map of Fujiwara-kyō was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years, between 694 and 710. It was located in Yamato Province (present-day Kashihara in Nara Prefecture), having been moved from nearby Asuka, and remained the capital u ...

. "''Mokkan'' of the Fujiwara Palace I," 159 (奈良国立文化財研究所『藤原宮木簡』一、159), Nara National Culture Research Center Materials XII (奈良国立文化財研究所史料XII), 1978、explanation on p. 79. In 701, under the system, Kume District is supposed to have been established. Due to the 1878 Land Reforms, the district merged with Onsen District and thereby dissolved.

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