Toyota District, Hiroshima

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This article is about the district in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. For other uses, see Toyota (disambiguation).

Toyota (豊田郡; -gun) is a one of the districts located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Currently the district has only the town of Ōsakikamijima.

Current Data (As of 2004)
- Population…9,635
- Area…43.27 km²

[edit] The towns and villages within Toyota District (As of the city, town, and village status enforcement in 1889)

Setoda(瀬戸田町)
Tadanoumi(忠海町)
Mitarai(御手洗町)
Ōkawa(大河村)
Ōgusa(大草村)
Ōsakinakano(大崎中野村)
Ōsakiminami(大崎南村)
Ōchō(大長村)
Ōnori(大乗村)
Kamikitagata(上北方村)
Kawamoto(川源村)
Kitaikuchi(北生口村)
Kidani(木谷村)
Kuba(久芳村)
Kuwanashi(椹梨村)
Koizumi(小泉村)
Kōnejima(高根島村)
Kodani(小谷村)
Saezaki(佐江崎村)
Sagiura(鷺浦村)
Shimokitagata(下北方村)
Sunami(須波村)
Zennyūji(善入寺村)
Takasaka(高坂村)
Takeni(竹仁村)
Tanoura(田野浦村)
Tamari(田万里村)
Tono(戸野村)
Toyota(豊田村)
Toyohama(豊浜村)
Nagatani(長谷村)
Nishiikuchi(西生口村)
Nishino(西野村)
Nyūno(入野村)
Nutanishi(沼田西村)
Nutahigashi(沼田東村)
Nomi(乃美村)
Higashiikuchi(東生口村)
Higashino(東野村)
Hisatomo(久友村)
Funaki(船木村)
Hongō(本郷村)
Minamiikuchi(南生口村)
Minamigata(南方村)
Myōga(名荷村)
Yoshina(吉名村)

(Total of 3 towns, 43 villages)

[edit] Timeline (April 1, 1889~March 31, 1956)

April 1, 1889 City, town, and village status enforced. It had 3 towns and 43 villages in the past.
January 1, 1903 The village of Saezaki added Kuwaki from the village of Tanoura.
April 1, 1917 The village of Ōsakinakano renamed to the village of Nakano.
January 1, 1920 Parts of the village of Nakano (Noga, etc.) and Higashino (Dochu, etc.) broke off and created the town of Kinoe within the areas (4 towns, 43 villages).
April 1, 1924 The village of Ōkawa gained town status to become the town of Kōchi(1st generation) (5 towns, 42 villages)
April 1, 1924 The village of Hongō gained town status to become the town of Hongō(1st generation)(6 towns, 41 villages).
April 1, 1929 The village of Saizaki renamed and gained town status to become the town of Saizaki(幸崎町)(7 towns, 40 villages).
November 15, 1936 The villages of Sunami and Tanoura merged with the towns of Itozaki, Mihara, and the villages of Nishino and Yamanaka from Mitsugi District to form the city of Mihara(1st generation)(7 towns, 38 villages)
April 1, 1937 The town of Setoda(1st generation) and the village of Nishiikuchi merged to form the town of Setoda(2nd generation)(7 towns, 37 villages).
February 20, 1941 The village of Ōchō changed the pronunciation to Daichō.
January 1, 1943 The village of Kidani merged with the towns of Mitsu and Hayatahara from Kamo District to form the town of Akitsu in Kamo District(7 towns, 36 villages)
October 1, 1943 The town of Kinoe(木ノ江町) becomes the town of Kinoe(木江町)(1st generation).
January 1, 1944 The village of Kawamoto and Nomi merged to form the village of Toyosaka(7 towns, 35 villages).
April 1, 1944 The town of Setoda(2nd generation) and the villages of Kitaikuchi, Kōnejima, and Myōga merged to form the town of Setoda(3rd generation)(7 towns, 32 villages)
August 9, 1947 The village of Daichō changed the pronunciation to Ōchō.
April 1, 1949 The village of Toyosaka gained town status to become the town of Toyosaka(8 towns, 31 villages)
June 10, 1950 The village of Zōga(Now the city of Higashiiroshima) added Zōga from the village of Tono.
April 1, 1951 The villages of Kamikitagata, Shimokitagata, and Zennyūji merged to form the village of Kitakata(8 towns, 29 villages).
April 1, 1951 The village of Sakaibara from Mitsugi District(now the city of Mihara) added parts of the village of Takasaka(Kobayashi, Tsuchitori, Yamanakano).
November 3, 1951 The village of Ōgusa added Ubagahara from the village of Funaki.
March 22, 1953 The village of Nagatani along with the village of Yahata from Mitsugi District merged into the city of Mihara(8 towns, 28 villages).
May 1, 1953 The village of Higashiikuchi merged with the towns of Mitsunoshō, Takuma, Habu, and the villages of Ōhama, Shigei, and Nakanoshō from Mitsugi District to form the city of Innoshima(8 towns, 27 villages).
March 31, 1954 The village of Ōnori and parts of the village of Minamigata along with the village of Higashino from Kamo District merged into the town of Takehara in Kamo District(2nd generation)(8 towns, 26 villages).

※The town of Takehara in Kamo District became a town after renaming the village from Shimoichi on April 17, 1889. The town merged with the village of Shimono to become the 2nd generation.

April 1, 1954 The village of Koizumi, Nutanishi, and Nutahigashi merged into the city of Mihara(8 towns, 23 villages).
November 3, 1954 The town of Hongō (1st generation) and the village of Kitagata, Funaki, and Minamigata to form the town of Hongō(2nd generation)(8 towns, 20 villages).
March 31, 1955 The town of Tamari merged with the town of Takehara(2nd generation) along with the village of Shōno from Kamo District to become the town of Takehara in Kamo District(3rd generation)(8 towns, 19 villages).
March 31, 1955 The town of Kōchi(1st generation) and the villages of Tono and parts of Oda in the village of Toyota merged to form the town of Kōchi(8 towns, 18 villages).
March 31, 1955 The villages of Ōgusa, Kuwanashi, and Toyota(excluding parts of Oda) merged with the village of Kanda from Sera District to form the town of Daiwa. As a result, the village of Toyota dissolved(9 towns, 15 villages).
March 31, 1955 The villages of Nakano and Higashino merged and gained town status to become the town of Ōsaki(10 towns, 13 villages).
March 31, 1955 The town of Kinoe(1st generation) and the village of Ōsakiminami merged to form the town of Kinoe(2nd generation)(10 towns, 12 villages).
March 31, 1955 The village of Kodani merged into the village of Takaya in Kamo District(now:the city of Higashihiroshima)(10 towns, 11 villages).
April 1, 1955 The town of Setoda(3rd generation) and the village of Minamiikuchi merged to form the town of Setoda(4th generation)(10 towns, 10 villages).
July 10, 1955 The villages of Kuba and Takeni merged and gained town status to become the town of Fukutomi(11 towns, 8 villages).
March 31, 1956 The town of Mitarai along with the villages of Ōchō and Hisatomo merged to form the town of Yutaka(11 towns, 6 villages).
March 31, 1956 The city of Mihara adds the village of Takasaka(11 towns, 5 villages)