Aira District, Kagoshima

Towns

• Yūsui

  History

• April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the villages of Chōsa, Kajiki, Gamo, Mizobe, Shigetomi and Yamada were created within Aira District.
• April 1, 1897 – Aira District merges with Nishisoo and Kuwahara Districts.
• June 1, 1912 – The villages of Kajiki gained town status.
• April 1, 1926 – The village of Kokubu gained town status.
• November 1, 1928 – The village of Kamou gained town status.
• October 10, 1929 – The village of Nishikokubu gained town status and renamed to become the town of Hayato.
• November 1, 1929 – The village of Fukuyama gained town status.
• November 1, 1930 – The village of 西襲山村 renamed the village of Hinatayama.
• April 1, 1932 – The village of Kurino gained town status.
• July 10, 1935 – The village of 東襲山村 renamed the village of Kirishima.
• February 16, 1940 – The town of Yokogawa gained town status.
• April 1, 1940 – The village of Makizono gained town status.
• April 1, 1942 – The village of Chōsa gained town status.
• April 1, 1950 – The village of 東襲山村 separated from the village of Kirishima.
• February 11, 1953 – The village of Yoshimatsu gained town status.
• May 3, 1953 – The village of Hinatayama gained town status.
• April 1, 1954
• *The town of Kokubu and the villages of 東襲山村 and a part of Shimizu merged to form the town of Kokubu.
• *The town of Hayato and Hinatayama, and the remaining parts of village of Shimizu merged to form the town of Hayatohinatayama.
• May 10, 1954 - the town of Kokubu, and the villages of Higashikokubu and Shikine merged to form the town of Kokubu.
• January 1, 1955
• *The town of Chōsa, the village of Shigetomi, and parts of the village of Yamada merged to form the town of Aira.
• *The remaining parts of the village of Yamada merged into the town of Kamō.
• February 1, 1955 – The town of Kokubu gained city status.
• April 1, 1957 – The town of Hayatohinatayama changed their name to the town of Hayato.
• *November 3, 1958 – The village of Kirishima gained town status.
• *April 1, 1959 – The village of Mizobe gained town status.
• March 22, 2005 – The towns of Kurino and Yoshimatsu merged to form the town of Yūsui.
• November 7, 2005 – The towns of Hayato, Fukuyama, Kirishima, Mizobe, Yokogawa, and Makizono merged with the city of Kokubu to form the city of Kirishima
• March 23, 2010 – The Aira District towns of Aira, Kajiki, and Kamō merged to form the city of Aira. Aira District is left with one municipality.