Nishitama District, Tokyo

Nishitama 西多摩
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西多摩郡 · Nishitama District
Located in the green highlights
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Area
• Total	375.96 km2 (145.16 sq mi)
Population (August 1, 2011)
• Total	58,429
• Density	155/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	Nishitama Network

Nishitama District (西多摩郡, Nishitama-gun) is a district in Tokyo, Japan. It comprises the following three towns and a village:

• Hinohara
• Hinode
• Mizuho
• Okutama

Historically, the cities of Ōme, Fussa, Hamura, and Akiruno were part of Nishitama District but these are now cities and currently broke off from the District after they gained city status.

Education

Each of the towns and villages operate separate public elementary and junior high school systems.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates Mizuho Nougei High School [1] in Mizuho.

The school district also operates the following high schools in nearby Ōme:

• Norin High School [2]
• Ome Sogo High School [3]
• Tama High School [4]

The district operates the following high schools in Fussa:

• Fussa High School [5]
• Tama Technical High School [6]

The district operates Hamura High School [7] in Hamura.

The district operates the following schools in Akiruno:

• Akirudai High School [8]
• Itsukaichi High School [9]

District Timeline

• July 22, 1878-Tama District, It had long been part of former Musashi Province, was divided into four parts: Higashitama (Eastern Tama), Kitatama (Northern Tama), Minamitama (Southern Tama) and Nishitama (Western Tama). Nishitama District have 1 town and 93 village areas.
• April 1, 1889-The new legislation, Nishitama District have 2 towns and 30 villages areas.
• April 1, 1893-Nishitama District is transferred from Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo Prefecture.
• June 1, 1955-The villages of Ohisano and Hirai merged to form the new village of Hinode.
• October 1, 1956-The village of Nishitama gained town status and renamed to Hamura.
• October 15, 1958-Parts of the village of Motosayama from Iruma District in Saitama Prefecture (excluding the parts that was merged into the town of Musashi from Iruma District on October 14, 1958) was merged into the town of Mizuho.
• July 1, 1970-The town of Fussa gained city status.
• May 5, 1972-The town of Akita gained city status and renamed to Akigawa.
• June 1, 1974-The village of Hinode gained town status.
• November 1, 1991-The town of Hamura gained city status.
• September 1, 1995-The town of Itsukaichi merged with the city of Akigawa to create the new city of Akiruno.