Shida District, Miyagi

Shida (志田郡; -gun) was a district located in Miyagi, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 29,126 and a density of 226.17 persons per km². The total area was 128.78 km².

On March 31, 2006, the district was dissolved.

[edit] Former towns and villages

April, 1869 Shida District is added to Wakuya Prefecture (涌谷県)
August, 1869 Wakuya Prefecture becomes Toyone? Prefecture (登米県)
1871 With the Abolition of the han system, becomes attached to Sendai Prefecture (仙台県), now Miyagi Prefecture
1889 With the establishment of the modern municipal system, Furukawa Town (古川町), Arao? Village (荒雄村), Shida Village (志田村), Shikitama? Village (敷玉村), Takakura? Village (高倉村), Matsuyama Village (松山村), Shimoibano Village (下伊場野村), Sambongi Village (三本木村), and Kashimadai Village (鹿島台村) etablished
1890 Matsuyama becomes a town
1894 District offices established in Furukawa Town
1895 Sambongi becomes a town
1926 District offices abolished
1950 Furukawa becomes a city (Furukawa, Miyagi)
1951 Kashimadai becomes a town
March 31, 2006 the city of Furukawa merged with the towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko from Tamatsukuri District and Kashimadai, Matsuyama and Sanbongi from Shida District and Tajiri from Toda District to create the new city of Ōsaki. Tamatsukuri District and Shida District were dissolved as a result of this merger.