(Japan > Ehime Prefecture > Uma District) Uma (宇摩郡 Uma-gun?) was a district located in Ehime Prefecture. Due to the mergers, the district dissolved on on April 1, 2004. Before the mergers as of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 19,040 with the total area of 165.50 km².(the total calculations of the former town of Doi and the village of Shingū)
The origin of the name
See the article of "Uma"
歴史
- 1878, due to the land reforms, the district created 24 villages.(24 villages)
- July 1, 1894, the village of Mazaki(満崎村) brakes up into the village of Tenma(天満村) and Kaburasaki(蕪崎村).(25 villages)
- November 21, 1898, the village of Mishima(三島村) gained town status to become the town of Mishima(三島町).(1 town, 24 villages)
- December 21, 1898, the village of Kawanoe(川之江村) gained town status to become the town of Kawanoe(川之江町).(2 towns, 23 villages)
- January 1, 1913, the village of Kamibun(上分村) gained town status to become the town of Kamibun(上分町).(3 towns, 22 villages)
- February 11, 1940, the villages of Tsune(津根村) and Noda(野田村) merged to become the village of Nagatsu(長津村).(3 towns, 21 villages)
- April 1, 1944, the villages of Nakasone(中曾根村), Nakanoshō(中之庄村), and Shōhaku(松柏村) merges into the town of Mishima.(3 towns, 18 villages)
- April 3, 1948, the village of Kinsei(金生村) gained town status to become the town of Kinsei.(4 towns, 17 villages)
- October 1, 1950, the village of Shōhaku splits from the town of Mishima.(4 towns, 18 villages)
- June 1, 1952, the village of Sankawa(寒川村) gained town status to become the town of Sankawa(寒川町).(5 towns, 17 villages)
- March 31, 1954, the village of Futana(二名村) merges into the town of Kawanoe.(5 towns, 16 villages)
- March 31, 1954, the villages of Nagatsu, Kofuji(小富士村), Tenma, Kaburasaki, Doi(土居村), and Sekigawa(関川村) merged to form the town of Doi(土居町).(6 towns, 10 villages)
- March 31, 1954, the villages of Shinritsu(新立村) and Kamiyama(上山村) merged to form the village of Shingū(新宮村).(6 towns, 9 villages)
- November 11, 1954, the town of Kawanoe, the village of Mendori(妻鳥村), the towns of Kamibun, Kinsei, and the villages of Kawataki(川滝村) and Kanada(金田村) merged to form the city of Kawanoe(川之江市).(3 towns, 6 villages)
- November 1, 1954, the town of Mishima, the village of Shōhaku, the town of Sankawa, and the villages of Toyooka(豊岡村), Tomisato(富郷村), and Kinsha(金砂村) merged to form the city of Iyomishima(伊予三島市).(1 town, 2 villages)
- April 1, 2003, the village of Besshiyama(別子山村) merged into the city of Niihama(新居浜市).(1 town, 1 village)
- April 1, 2004, the town of Doi and the village of Shingū merged with the cities of Kawanoe and Iyomishima to form the city of Shikokuchūō(四国中央市). Uma District dissolved as a result.
