Kamiukena District, Ehime

• Kumakōgen

  History

• Due to 1878 Land Reforms, the district was created after the breakup of Ukena District.
• 1889
• *The villages of Kamigawa, Nakagawa, and Hongawa merged to become the village of Sangawa.
• *The villages of Ōhira, Hinokawa, Machi, and Tera merged to become the village of Odamachi.
• *The villages of Tateishi and Nanzan merged to become the village of Ishiyama.
• *The villages of Yoshinokawa, Nakatado, Kamitado, and Usuki merged to become the village of Tado.
• August 20, 1900 — The village of Kumamachi gained town status to become the town of Kuma.
• February 11, 1924 — The village of Sugō merged into the town of Kuma.
• January 1, 1934 — The village of Somagawa was renamed to the village of Omogo.
• April 1, 1943
• *The village of Ishiyama merged into the village of Odamachi.
• *Parts of the village of Ukena merged into the village of Sōgawa in the Higashiuwa District.
• *Parts of the village of Ukena merged with the villages of Kawabe, Ōtani, and Uwakawa from Kita District to form the village of Hijikawa in Kita District.
• September 1, 1943 — The village of Myōjin merged into the town of Kuma.
• March 31, 1955
• *Parts of the village of Nakatsu merged into the village of Yanadani.
• *The villages of Hirokata, Shinagawa, and parts of Nakatsu merged to become the village of Mikawa.
• *The villages of Tado, Sangawa, and Odamachi merged to become the town of Oda.
• March 31, 1959 — The villages of Kawase, Fujimine, and parts of the village of Mikawa merged into the town of Kuma.
• August 1, 2004 — The town of Kuma, and the villages of Mikawa, Omogo and Yanadani merged to form the new town of Kumakōgen.
• January 1, 2005 — The town of Oda, and the town of Ikazaki, from Kita District, merged into the expanded town of Uchiko in Kita District.