Kamo District, Shizuoka
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This article is about the district in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Kamo, Niigata. For other places with this name, see Kamo (disambiguation).
Kamo (賀茂郡 Kamo-gun) is a district located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The district name is very ancient, and is mentioned in the Engishiki records. Kamo District was one of the original districts of Izu Province, having been separated from Suruga Province along with Tagata District in the cadastral reform of 680 AD. During the early Meiji period, the neighboring districts of Naka and Kimisawa were merged into Kamo District. By 2009, the district has been considerably reduced in size, and has an estimated population of 49,702 and a density of 104 persons per km². The total area is 479.96 km².
The district currently consists of five towns, but originally also included what is now the city of Shimoda.
[edit] History
- April 1, 1889 - Establishment on municipalities results in creation of Shimoda Town and 26 villages in Kamo District.
- June 11, 1891 - Atami Village becomes Atami Town
- April 1, 1894 - Naka District merged into Kamo District; Tagata District created out of Atami Town and nine northern villages of Kamo District.
- March 15, 1901 - Matsuzaka Village becomes Matsuzaki Town
- July 7, 1955 - formation of Nishiizu Town
- September 1, 1958 - formation of Kawazu Town
- May 3, 1959 - formation of Higashiizu Town
- January 1, 1971 - Shimoda gains city status.
- April 1, 2005 - Nishiizu Town and Kamo Village merged to create the town of Nishiizu.
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