Nishitama District, Tokyo
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Nishitama District (西多摩郡 Nishitama-gun?) is a district in Tokyo, Japan encompassing the following towns and villages. The current area is 375.96km², and it is compromised of three towns and one village.
Historically, the cities of Ōme, Fussa, Hamura, and Akiruno were part of Nishitama District but these are now cities and currently broke off from the District after they gained city status.
[edit] Education
Each of the towns and villages operate separate public elementary and junior high school systems.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates Mizuho Nougei High School [1] in Mizuho.
The school district also operates the following high schools in nearby Ōme:
[edit] District Timeline
- June 1, 1955-The villages of Ohisano and Hirai merged to form the new village of Hinode.
- October 1, 1956-The village of Nishitama gained town status and renamed to Hamura.
- October 15, 1958-Parts of the village of Motosayama from Iruma District in Saitama Prefecture (excluding the parts that was merged into the town of Musashi from Iruma District on October 14, 1958) was merged into the town of Mizuho.
- July 1, 1970-The town of Fussa gained city status.
- May 5, 1972-The town of Akita gained city status and renamed to Akigawa.
- June 1, 1974-The village of Hinode gained town status.
- November 1, 1991-The town of Hamura gained city status.
- September 1, 1995-The town of Itsukaichi merged with the city of Akigawa to create the new city of Akiruno.
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