Nishikamo-gun (Aichi)

Nishikamo ( Japanese 西加茂郡 , - gun , Eng . "West Kamo") was a district in the Nishimikawa region of the Japanese prefecture of Aichi . At the beginning of the Meiji period, Nishikamo was separated from the Kamo County of the former Mikawa Province and became independent. The area of the district extended over the northern and western parts of today's city of Toyota as well as over the today's municipality of Miyoshi .

Miyoshi was named a city on January 4, 2010, and Nishikamo County was dissolved as an administrative unit. After the district of Aomi , Nishikamo became the second district to be dissolved as a result of complete integration into an urban structure.

Former situation

Previously, only the city of Miyoshi was subordinate to Nishikamo County. The population was on December 1, 2007 58,864 and the area measured 32.11 km²; the population density was 1,830 inhabitants / km².

Development after the Second World War

Immediately after the war (1945), the municipality of Koromo ( 挙母町 , - chō ) and the seven villages / rural communities of Ishino ( 石野村 , - mura ), Obara ( 小原村 ), Sanage ( 猿投村 ), Takahashi ( 高橋村 ), Homi ( 保見村 ), Fujioka ( 藤岡村 ) and Miyoshi ( 三好村 ).

March 1, 1951: The municipality of Koromo is elevated to a city ( Shi ).
April 1, 1951: The village of Sanage becomes a township.
March 1, 1955: The villages of Homi and Ishino and part of the village of Fujioka are incorporated into the municipality of Sanage.
April 1, 1958: Miyoshi village becomes a district township.
January 1, 1959: Koromo changes its name to Toyota.
April 1, 1967: The township of Sanage becomes part of the city of Toyota.
April 1, 1978: Fujioka Village becomes a township.
August 5, 2003: Miyoshi Township withdraws from Toyota and Kamo merger meeting.
April 1, 2005: Fujioka Township and Obara Village become part of Toyota City.
January 4, 2010: Miyoshi becomes a city ( shi ) and Nishikamo County is dissolved.

Web links

Nishikamo County Restructuring (Japanese)