Minami-Saitama District, Saitama
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Minami-Saitama (南埼玉郡, Minami-Saitama-gun) is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2012[update], the district has an estimated population of 33,405 and a density of 2,090 persons per km2. The total area is 15.95 km2.
Towns and villages
[edit]District timeline
[edit]- 1871 (first wave of prefectural mergers): The part of Saitama District that would later become Minami-Saitama becomes completely part of Saitama Prefecture which is named after the district.
- 1879 (reactivation and reorganization of ancient provincial districts as modern prefectural subdivision): Saitama District is split into North- (Kita-) and South (Minami-) Saitama, the district government of South Saitama is set up in Iwatsuki
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- 1889 (Great Meiji mergers & introduction of modern municipalities): Minami-Saitama is subdivided into 6 towns and 44 villages
- 1923: The Minami-Saitama district assembly is abolished.
- 1926: The Minami-Saitama district government is abolished, and it becomes a purely geographical unit.
- November 3, 1954
- The town of Iwatsuki gained city status.
- The town of Koshigaya was created by merging with 2 towns and 8 villages.
- January 1, 1955 - The town of Washinomiya merged with the village of Sakurada from Kitakatsushika District to form the town of Washinomiya in Kitakatsushika District.
- July 20, 1955 - The villages of Momoki and Suka merged to form the town of Miyashiro.
- August 1, 1955 - The village of Kawayanagi merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District (now the city of Soka).
- November 3, 1955 - Parts of the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District merged into the town of Koshigaya.
- January 1, 1956 - Parts of the city of Iwatsuki merged into the town of Hasuda.
- September 28, 1956
- Parts of the village of Hachijo merged with the villages of Yawata and Shiodomari to form the village of Yashio.
- The remaining parts of Hachijo merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District.
- November 3, 1958 - The town of Koshigaya gained city status.
- October 1, 1964 - The village of Yashio gained town status.
- October 1, 1971 - The town of Kuki gained city status.
- January 15, 1972 - The town of Yashio gained city status.
- October 1, 1972 - The town of Hasuda gained city status.
- March 23, 2010 - The town of Shōbu, along with the towns of Kurihashi and Washimiya, both from Kitakatsushika District, merged with the city of Kuki to form the new city of Kuki.[1]
- October 1, 2012 - The town of Shiraoka gained city status. This leaves Minami Saitama District with one municipality.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "市町村合併情報 埼玉県 <国土地理協会>". Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ 白岡町:来年10月1日、白岡市発足へ 町議会が可決 Archived 2012-07-12 at archive.today by Mainichi Shimbun, December 9, 2011(in Japanese)
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