Kami (加美郡; -gun) is a
districtThe was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in
Miyagiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...
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Kami (加美郡; -gun) is a
districtThe was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in
Miyagiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...
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Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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As of 2003, the district has an estimated
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of 35,403 and a
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of 62.11 persons per km². The total area is 570.05 km².
History
Kami District is first recorded in the
Nara PeriodThe of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784...
as 賀美郡. During the Edo era it was respelled 加美郡
- 1871 Kami District incorporated into Sendai Prefecture (now Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became...
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- 1889 With the creation of the modern municipal system, Nakaniida Town
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
(中新田町), Hirohara VillageA is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....
(広原村), Naruse Village (鳴瀬村), Onoda Village (小野田村), Miyazaki Village (宮崎村), Kamiishi Village (賀美石村), and Shikama Village (色麻村) are established
- 1894 District offices established in Nakaniida Town
- 1926 District offices abolished
- 1943 Onoda Village becomes a town
- 1954 Nakaniida Town, Hirohara Village, Naruse Village merge to form new Nakaniida Town
- 1954 Kamiishi Village, Miyazaki Village merge to form Miyazaki Town
- 1977 Shikama Village becomes a town
- 2003 Nakaniida Town, Onoda Town and Miyazaki Town merge to form Kami Town (加美町)