title: Kamiina District, Nagano
text: # Kamiina District, Nagano
  
  Kamiina (上伊那郡, Kamiina-gun) is a district located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of May 2008, the district has an estimated population of 86,453 with a density of 168 persons per $km^2.$ The total area is 514.55 $km^2.$
  
  On the other hand, if the cities of Ina and Komagane were included, the area will be known as the Kamiina Region.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district consists of three towns and three villages:
  
  * Iijima
  * Minamiminowa
  * Minowa
  * Miyada
  * Nakagawa
  * Tatsuno
  
  ### Notes
  
  * 1 2 3 Classified as a town.
  * 1 2 3 Classified as a village.
  
  ## History
  
  * January 4, 1879 - Ina District was split off into Kamiina and Shimoina Districts during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system, which initially consisted of 2 towns and 26 villages. Its district headquarters was located at the village of at Ina.
  
  ### District Timeline
  
  * April 1, 1954 - The towns of Ina merged with the villages of Tomigata, Midori, Shura, Higashiharuchika, and Nishiminowa to form the city of Ina.
  * July 1, 1954 - The towns of Akaho and Miyada merged with the villages of Ina and Nakazawa to form the city of Komagane.
  * January 1, 1955 - The town of Nakaminowa merged with the villages of Minowa and Higashiminowa to form the town of Minowa.
  * April 1, 1955-The town of Tatsuno merged with the village of Asahi to form the new town of Tatsuno.
  * September 30, 1956:
     * The town of Tatsuno absorbed the village of Kawashima.
     * The town of Takatō merged with the villages of Nagafuji and Miyoshi to form the new town of Takatō.
     * The town of Iijima merged with the village of Nanakubo to form the new town of Iijima.
     * The village of Miyada broke off from the city of Komagane.
     * The town of Kamikatado merged with the village of Oshima from Shimoina District to form the town of Matsukawa in Shimoina District.
  * April 1, 1958 - The town of Takatō absorbed the village of Fujisawa.
  * August 1, 1958 - The villages of Nanko and Katado merged to form the village of Nakagawa.
  * April 1, 1959 - The villages of Inari and Miwa merged to form the town of Hase.
  * March 31, 1961 - The town of Tatsuno absorbed the village of Ono.
  * April 1, 1965 - The town of Takatō absorbed the village of Kawanan.
  * April 1, 1965 - The city of Ina absorbed the village of Nishiharuchika.
  
  ### Recent mergers
  
  * March 31, 2006 - The town of Takatō and the village of Hase were merged with the former city of Ina (1st) to form the new city of Ina (2nd).
  
  35°47′46″N 137°51′43″E﻿ / ﻿35.796°N 137.862°E﻿ / 35.796; 137.862
  
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