Miura District, Kanagawa

Map of Miura District with Meiji period area in yellow, modern area in green

Miura District (三浦郡, Miura-gun) is an administrative district of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture. It currently consists of only one town, Hayama.

History

Miura District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, covering all of Miura Peninsula. It was under the control of the Miura clan from the late Heian period through the Sengoku period, and was held as tenryo territory administered by the Shogun under the Tokugawa Shogunate of the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, it was established as a district under the cadastral reform of 1878, with a district office built near what is now Shioiri Station.

On April 1, 1889 Miura District was divided into three towns (Yokosuka, Uraga, Misaki) and 12 villages. In 1903, Toyoshima Village became a town, but was absorbed into Yokosuka in 1906. Taura became a town in 1914, Zushi in 1924, Hayama in 1925 and Nagai in 1926. Taura was absorbed into Yokosuka in 1933. Okusu became a town in 1935 and Minamishtaura in 1940. However, in 1943 Yokosuka expanded greatly by merging with Uraga, Zushi, Nagai, Okusu and two neighboring villages.

In 1950, Zushi was separated from Yokosuka, and became a city in 1954. Minamishitaura and Misaki merged in 1955 to form the city of Miura, leaving only the town of Hayama as the sole remaining portion of Miura District.

As of 2009, the district has an estimated population of 32,333 and a density of 1,900 persons per km². The total area is 17.06 km².

Towns and villages

• Hayama

before 1889	April 1, 1889	1889 - 1926		1926 - 1944		1945 - 1954		1955 - 1989	1989 - present	present
	Yokosuka Town	February 15, 1907 Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City		Yokosuka City	Yokosuka City	Yokosuka-shi
	Toyoshima Village	October 1, 1903 Toyoshima Town	December 15, 1906 merged with Yokosuka town
	Kinugasa Village	Kinugasa Village		February 15, 1933 merged with Yokosuka city
	Urago Village	June 1, 1914 Taura Town		April 1, 1933 merged with Yokosuka city
	Kurihama Village	Kurihama Village		April 1, 1937 merged with Yokosuka city
	Uraga Town	Uraga Town		April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city
	Nagai Village	February 2, 1925 Nagai Town
	Takeyama Village	Takeyama Village
	Kitashitaura Village	Kitashitaura Village
	Nakanishiura Village	July 1, 1911 Nishiura Village		July 1, 1935 Okusu Village	April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city
	Tagoe Village	April 1, 1924 Zushi Town		April 1, 1943 merged with Yokosuka city		July 1, 1950 Zushi Town	April 1, 1954 Zushi City	Zushi City	Zushi City	Zushi
	Hayama Village	January 1, 1925 Hayama Town		Hayama Town		Hayama Town		Hayama Town	Hayama Town	Hayama Town
	Misaki Town	Misaki Town		Misaki Town		Misaki Town		January 1, 1955 Miura City	Miura City	Miura
	Minamishitaura Village	Minamishitaura Village		April 1, 1940 Minamishitaura Town		Minamishitaura Town
	Hasse Village	Hasse Village		Hasse Village		Hasse Village