Shimotakai gun

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shimotakai ( Japanese : 下 高井 郡 , literally: "District Unter-Takai") is a district ( gun ) in the north of Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshū . It houses 19,512 inhabitants on 423.18 km² and thus has a population density of 46.1 inhabitants per km² (as of October 1, 2018). The small town of Yamanouchi (11.679 Ew.) And the two villages Kijimadaira (4468 Ew.) And Nozawaonsen (3365 Ew.) Belong to him.

history

The circle was created in 1879 during the nationwide reactivation and reorganization of the ancient circles through the division of the Takai district of Shinano into Upper ( Kami- ) and Lower Takai. The district administration was established in the former bailiwick and prefecture capital Nakano . Until the dissolution of the district administration in 1926 Shimotakai had 24 district administrators (gunchō) .

After the major Meiji regional reform in 1889, which introduced the present-day community forms, Shimotakai County consisted of the small town of Nakano and 19 village communities. It was not until 1954 for the Great Shōwa Territorial Reform that the first incorporations took place, as a result of which by 1955 the number of communities fell to five (the current three and the villages of Ichikawa and Sakai). Since October 1956 the district has consisted of three municipalities. In the period from 1955 to the present day, the area of ​​the district fell from about 665 to 423 square kilometers due to the incorporation into the cities of Nakano and Iiyama as well as incorporations into other districts.

Change of border and name in chronological overview

Aug. 18, 1953 - Renaming of the village (-mura) Toyosato ( 豊 郷 村 ) to Nozawaonsen ( 野 沢 温泉 村 ).
April 1, 1954 - Elevation of the village of Hirao to a small town ( -machi ) ( 平 穏 町 ).
July 1, 1954 - Incorporation of the villages (- mura ) Entoku ( 延 徳 村 ), Hino ( 日 野村 ), Hirano ( 平 野村 ), Hiraoka ( 平 岡村 ), Nagaoka ( 長 丘 村 ), Shinano ( 科 野村 ), Takaoka ( 高丘 村 ) and Yamato ( 倭 村 ) in the small town of Nakano ( 中 野 町 ) with simultaneous elevation to the urban district (- shi ) ( 中 野 市 ).
August 1, 1954 - The villages Kijima ( 木 島村 ) and Mizuho ( 瑞 穂 村 ) are incorporated into the independent city ( -shi ) Iiyama ( 飯 山 市 ).
Feb. 01, 1955 - New formation of the village Kijimadaira ( 木 島 平 村 ) from the villages Hotaka ( 穂 高 村 ), Kamimikjima ( 上 木 島村 ) and Ōgō ( 往 郷 村 ).
April 1, 1955 - New formation of the small town Yamanouchi ( 山 ノ 内 町 ) from the two villages Honami ( 穂 波 村 ) and Yomase ( 夜間 瀬 村 ). Sep.
30, 1956 - Ichikawa ( 市 川村 ) village is incorporated into Nozawaonsen ( 野 沢 温泉 村 ) village .
September 30, 1956 - New formation of the village Sakae (in Shimominochi-gun ) ( 栄 村 ) from the villages Sakai ( 郡 堺 村 ) and Minochi (in Shimominochi-gun ) ( 水 内 村 ).

The population development in the district

Results of the October census (s)
VZ year population   VZ year population   VZ year population
2015 20,566   1980 30.007   1947 86.208
2010 22,470 1975 30,246 1940 69,659
2005 24,275 1970 30,791 1935 66,722
2000 26,023 1965 31,935 1930 64,654
1995 27,629 1960 33,253 1925 63,414
1990 28,383 1955 40,700 1920 59,445
1985 29,404 1950 87,265  

As a result of the incorporation into urban districts and other rural districts, the population fell to around a third of the original number of 1920 in almost 100 years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ishida Satoshi: 郡 の 変 遷 （中部 地方） (Development of the circles in the Chūbu region).
  2. ↑ e-stat.go.jp census results 1925 to 1980 (English) (PDF files), accessed on February 10, 2019
  3. ↑ e-stat.go.jp Census Results 1980 to 2015, Table 0000020101 / System of Social and Demographic Statistics A Population and Households, accessed on February 10, 2019
  4. ↑ 国 勢 調査 統計 ス テ ー シ ョ ン な が の - 長野 県 の 統計 情報 - Nagano Prefecture: Survey of Population by municipality and number of households
    Census     results from 1920 to 2015 available as individual xls files (in Japanese), accessed on February 17, 2019