Motoyoshi District (Motoyoshi Gun)
Motoyoshi (本吉郡) is a rural district in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
At present, the district consists only of the town of Minamisanriku with a combined population of 11,860 people, a population density of 72.6 people per km2 and an area of 163.4 sqkm. All of the city of Kesennuma and a small part of the city of Tome and part of the city of Ishinomaki were formerly part of the district.
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the district was within Mutsu Province and was under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain. In 1869, following the Meiji restoration, Mutsu Province was divided, with the area of Motoyoshi District becoming part of Rikuzen Province, and from 1872, part of Miyagi Prefecture. In the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the district was organized into one town (Kesennuma (気仙沼)) and sixteen villages (Nusazaki (麻崎村), Yokoyama (横山村), Jusanhama (十三浜村), Tokura (戸倉村), Iriya (入谷村), Motoyoshi (本吉村), Utatsu (歌津町), Koizumi (小泉村), Mitake (御嶽村), Oya (大谷村), Hashigami (階上村), Matsuiwa (松岩村), Niizuki (新月村), Shishiori (鹿折), Karakura (唐桑村), Oshima (大島村)).
* October 31, 1894: The village of Motoyoshi was elevated to town status and renamed Shizugawa (志津川町)
* November 1, 1906: The village of Nusazaki was elevated to town status and renamed Yanaizu (柳津町)
* November 3, 1941: The village of Mitake was elevated to town status and renamed Tsuya (津谷町)
* April 1, 1951: The village of Shishiori was elevated to town status
* June 1, 1953: Shishiori and the village of Matsuiwa merge with Kesennuma
* February 11, 1955: The village of Karakuwa was elevated to town status
* March 1, 1955: The villages of Tokura and Iriya merge with Shizugawa town.
At present, the district consists only of the town of Minamisanriku with a combined population of 11,860 people, a population density of 72.6 people per km2 and an area of 163.4 sqkm. All of the city of Kesennuma and a small part of the city of Tome and part of the city of Ishinomaki were formerly part of the district.
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the district was within Mutsu Province and was under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain. In 1869, following the Meiji restoration, Mutsu Province was divided, with the area of Motoyoshi District becoming part of Rikuzen Province, and from 1872, part of Miyagi Prefecture. In the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the district was organized into one town (Kesennuma (気仙沼)) and sixteen villages (Nusazaki (麻崎村), Yokoyama (横山村), Jusanhama (十三浜村), Tokura (戸倉村), Iriya (入谷村), Motoyoshi (本吉村), Utatsu (歌津町), Koizumi (小泉村), Mitake (御嶽村), Oya (大谷村), Hashigami (階上村), Matsuiwa (松岩村), Niizuki (新月村), Shishiori (鹿折), Karakura (唐桑村), Oshima (大島村)).
* October 31, 1894: The village of Motoyoshi was elevated to town status and renamed Shizugawa (志津川町)
* November 1, 1906: The village of Nusazaki was elevated to town status and renamed Yanaizu (柳津町)
* November 3, 1941: The village of Mitake was elevated to town status and renamed Tsuya (津谷町)
* April 1, 1951: The village of Shishiori was elevated to town status
* June 1, 1953: Shishiori and the village of Matsuiwa merge with Kesennuma
* February 11, 1955: The village of Karakuwa was elevated to town status
* March 1, 1955: The villages of Tokura and Iriya merge with Shizugawa town.
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