is an administrative district of Japan

Districts of Japan

The 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 Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

. It currently consists of only one town, Hayama.

History

Miura District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province

Sagami Province

was an old province in the area that is today the central and western Kanagawa prefecture. It was sometimes called . Sagami bordered on Izu, Musashi, Suruga provinces; and had access to the Pacific Ocean through Sagami Bay...

, covering all of Miura Peninsula

Miura Peninsula

is a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamakura....

. It was under the control of the Miura clan

Miura clan

The ' was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hōjō family of regents, in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th...

 from the late Heian period

Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...

 through the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

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, and was held as tenryo territory administered by the Shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

 under the Tokugawa Shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

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 of the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

. After the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...

, it was established as a district

Districts of Japan

The 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...

 under the cadastral reform of 1878, with a district office built near what is now Shioiri Station

Shioiri Station

Shioiri Station is the name of multiple train stations in Japan.*Shioiri Station - in Kagawa Prefecture* Shioiri Station - in Kanagawa Prefecture...

.

On April 1, 1889 Miura District was divided into three towns (Yokosuka, Uraga, Misaki) and 12 villages. In 1903, Toyoshima Village became a town, but was absorbed into Yokosuka in 1906. Taura became a town in 1914, Zushi in 1924, Hayama in 1925 and Nagai in 1926. Taura was absorbed into Yokosuka in 1933. Okusu became a town in 1935 and Minamishtaura in 1940. However, in 1943 Yokosuka expanded greatly by merging with Uraga, Zushi, Nagai, Okusu and two neighboring villages.

In 1950, Zushi was separated from Yokosuka, and became a city in 1954. Minamishitaura and Misaki merged in 1955 to form the city of Miura, leaving only the town of Hayama as the sole remaining portion of Miura District.

As of 2009, the district has an estimated population

Population

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 of 32,333 and a density

Population density

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 of 1,900 persons per km². The total area is 17.06 km².

Towns and villages

• Hayama
  Hayama, Kanagawa
  is a town located in Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 32,386 and a density of 1,900 per km². The total area was 17.06 km²...
  
  

before 1889	April 1, 1889	1889 - 1926		1926 - 1944		1945 - 1954		1955 - 1989	1989 - present	present
	Yokosuka Town	February 15, 1907 Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City	Yokosuka City	Yokosuka-shi Yokosuka, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...
	Toyoshima Village	October 1, 1903 Toyoshima Town	December 15, 1906 merged with Yokosuka town
	Kinugasa Village	Kinugasa Village		February 15, 1933 merged with Yokosuka city
	Urago Village	June 1, 1914 Taura Town		April 1, 1933 merged with Yokosuka city
	Kurihama Village	Kurihama Village		April 1, 1937 merged with Yokosuka city
	Uraga Town	Uraga Town Uraga, Kanagawa is a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay.-History:...		April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city
	Nagai Village	February 2, 1925 Nagai Town
	Takeyama Village	Takeyama Village
	Kitashitaura Village	Kitashitaura Village
	Nakanishiura Village	July 1, 1911 Nishiura Village		July 1, 1935 Okusu Village	April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city
	Tagoe Village	April 1, 1924 Zushi Town		April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city		July 1, 1950 Zushi Town	April 1, 1954 Zushi City	Zushi City	Zushi City	Zushi Zushi, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 58,793 and a population density of 3,390 persons per km². The total area was 17.34 km².-Geography:...
	Hayama Village	January 1, 1925 Hayama Town		Hayama Town		Hayama Town		Hayama Town	Hayama Town	Hayama Town Hayama, Kanagawa is a town located in Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 32,386 and a density of 1,900 per km². The total area was 17.06 km²...
	Misaki Town	Misaki Town		Misaki Town		Misaki Town		January 1, 1955 Miura City	Miura City	Miura Miura, Kanagawa is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 44,238 and a population density of 1,490 persons per km²...
	Minamishitaura Village	Minamishitaura Village		April 1, 1940 Minamishitaura Town		Minamishitaura Town
	Hasse Village	Hasse Village		Hasse Village		Hasse Village