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Kamiina District, Nagano

District in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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Kamiina (上伊那郡, Kamiina-gun) is a district located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

As of May 2008, the district has an estimated population of 86,453 with a density of 168 persons per km². The total area is 514.55 km².

On the other hand, if the cities of Ina and Komagane were included, the area will be known as the Kamiina Region.

Municipalities[edit]

The district consists of three towns and three villages:

• Iijima^[a]
• Minamiminowa^[b]
• Minowa^[a]
• Miyada^[b]
• Nakagawa^[b]
• Tatsuno^[a]

Notes

History[edit]

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• January 4, 1879 - Ina District was split off into Kamiina and Shimoina Districts during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system, which initially consisted of 2 towns and 26 villages. Its district headquarters was located at the village of at Ina.

District Timeline[edit]

• April 1, 1954 - The towns of Ina merged with the villages of Tomigata, Midori, Shura, Higashiharuchika, and Nishiminowa to form the city of Ina.
• July 1, 1954 - The towns of Akaho and Miyada merged with the villages of Ina and Nakazawa to form the city of Komagane.
• January 1, 1955 - The town of Nakaminowa merged with the villages of Minowa and Higashiminowa to form the town of Minowa.
• April 1, 1955-The town of Tatsuno merged with the village of Asahi to form the new town of Tatsuno.
• September 30, 1956:
  • The town of Tatsuno absorbed the village of Kawashima.
  • The town of Takatō merged with the villages of Nagafuji and Miyoshi to form the new town of Takatō.
  • The town of Iijima merged with the village of Nanakubo to form the new town of Iijima.
  • The village of Miyada broke off from the city of Komagane.
  • The town of Kamikatado merged with the village of Oshima from Shimoina District to form the town of MatsukawainShimoina District.
• April 1, 1958 - The town of Takatō absorbed the village of Fujisawa.
• August 1, 1958 - The villages of Nanko and Katado merged to form the village of Nakagawa.
• April 1, 1959 - The villages of Inari and Miwa merged to form the town of Hase.
• March 31, 1961 - The town of Tatsuno absorbed the village of Ono.
• April 1, 1965 - The town of Takatō absorbed the village of Kawanan.
• April 1, 1965 - The city of Ina absorbed the village of Nishiharuchika.

Recent mergers[edit]

• March 31, 2006 - The town of Takatō and the village of Hase were merged with the former city of Ina (1st) to form the new city of Ina (2nd).^[1]

References[edit]

35°47′46″N 137°51′43″E / 35.796°N 137.862°E / 35.796; 137.862

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