Kitamuro District, Mie

• Kihoku, Mie

  Timeline

• July 22, 1878 - Due to early Meiji period land reforms, Kitamuro District was formed when former Muro District, Kii Province was split into Kitamuro and Minamimuro Districts within Mie Prefecture and Higashimuro and Nishimuro Districts within Wakayama Prefecture.
• April 1, 1889 - With the establishment of municipalities, Kitamuro District was organized into one town and 9 villages:
• April 1, 1889
• * Town of Owase - Village of Kuki
• * Village of Aiga - Village of Funatsu, Village of Nagashima, Village of Minose, 二郷村, Village of Akaba
• * Village of Nishiki
• * Village of Hikimoto
• May 31, 1897
• * Shimakatsuura and Shiroura, part of Hikimoto, becomes the village of Katsuragi.
• * Sugariura, part of Hikimoto, becomes the village of Sugari.
• 1899
• * February 2 - Hikimoto was elevated to town status.
• * February 21 - Nagashima was elevated to town status.
• November 3, 1928 - Aiga was elevated to town status.
• November 10, 1940 - Nishiki was elevated to town status.
• December 15, 1950 - The village of 二郷 merged into the town of Nagashima.
• 1954
• * June 20 - The town of Owase and the villages of Kuki and Sugari, and the villages of Kitawauchi and Minamiwauchi from Minamimuro District, merged to form the city of Owase.
• * August - The towns of Aiga and Hikimoto and the villages of Funatsu and 桂城村 merged to become the town of Miyama.
• 1955
• * January 1 - The village of Minose merged with the town of Nagashima.
• * February 5 - The village of Akaba merged with the town of Nagashima.
• February 1, 1957 - The town of Nishiki merged with the village of Kashiwazaki, Watarai District, to become the town of Kisei, Watarai District.
• August 1, 1970 - Nagashima was renamed Kiinagashima.
• October 11, 2005 - The towns of Kiinagashima and Miyama merged to become the new town of Kihoku.