Hioki District, Kagoshima

District Timeline

• April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the villages of Kushikino, Nishiichiki, Higashiichiki, Shimoijūin, Nakaijūin, Kamijūin, Kōriyama, Hioki, Yoshitoshi and Nagayoshi were created within Hioki District.
• March 29, 1896 - The district absorbed Izaku District and added the villages of Izaku, Tabuse and Ata.
• April 1, 1922 - The village of Nakaijūin was elevated to town status to become the town of Ijūin.
• December 1, 1922 - The village of Izaku was elevated to town status to become the town of Izaku.
• April 1. 1930 - The village of Nishiichiki was elevated to gain town status to become the town of Ichiki.
• April 1. 1935 - The village of Kushikino was elevated to town status to become the town of Kushikino.
• April 1. 1937 - The village of Higashiichiki was elevated to town status to become the town of Higashiichiki.
• October 1, 1950 - the town of Kushikino was elevated to city status.
• April 1, 1955:
• * The villages of Hioki and Yoshitoshi were merged into the town of Hiyoshi.
• * The village of Izaku and the town of Nagayoshi were merged into the town of Fukiage.
• September 30, 1956:
• * The village of ShimoIjūin was splite into the towns of Higashiichiki, Ijūin, Hiyoshi and Kōriyama.
• * The village of Kōriyama was elevated to town status to become the town of Kōriyama.
• * The villages of Tabuse and Ata were merged into the town of Kinpō.
• April 1, 1960 - The village of Kamiijūin was elevated to town status to become the town of Matsumoto.
• November 1, 2004 - the towns of Kōriyama and Matsumoto, along with the town of Kiire, and the towns of Sakurajima and Yoshida, were merged into the expanded city of Kagoshima.
• May 1, 2005 - the towns of Fukiage, Higashiichiki, Hiyoshi and Ijūin were merged to create the city of Hioki.
• October 11, 2005 - the town of Ichiki was merged with the city of Kushikino to create the city of Ichikikushikino.
• November 7, 2005 - the town of Kinpō, along with the city of Kaseda, and the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa and Ōura, was merged to create city of Minamisatsuma. Hioki District was dissolved as a result of this merger