Kami District, Miyagi
Kami is a rural district in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
At present, the district consists only of the towns of Kami and Shikama with a combined population of 30.197 people, a population density of 53 people per km² and an area of.History
Kami District is first recorded in the Nara Period as "賀美郡". During the Edo period the kanji of its name was changed to "加美郡". Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the district was within Mutsu Province and was under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain. In 1869, following the Meiji restoration, Mutsu Province was divided, with the area of Kami District becoming part of Rikuzen Province, and from 1872, part of Miyagi Prefecture. In the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the district was organized into one town and six villages, Naruse, Onoda, Miyazaki, Kamiishi, and Shikama ).
- 1 April 1894 District offices established in Nakaniida Town
- 1 July 1926 District offices abolished
- 11 February 1943 Onoda elevated to town status
- 1 July1954 Kamiishi and Miyazaki Village merge to form Miyazaki Town
- 1 August 1954 Hirohara and,Naruse villages merge with Nakaniida
- 1 April 1978 Shikama elevated to town status
- 1 April 2003 Nakaniida, Onoda and Miyazaki merge to form Kami
