Map showing original extent of Kamiina District in Nagano Prefecture:
* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
Tatsuno-machi
Minowa-machi
Iijima-machi
Minamiminowa-mura
Nakagawa-mura
Miyada-mura
Colored areas are in this district.
January 4, 1879 - Ina District was split off into Kamiina and Shimoina Districts during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system, which initially consisted of 2 towns and 26 villages. Its district headquarters was located at the village of at Ina.
District Timeline
April 1, 1954 - The towns of Ina merged with the villages of Tomigata, Midori, Shura, Higashiharuchika, and Nishiminowa to form the city of Ina.
July 1, 1954 - The towns of Akaho and Miyada merged with the villages of Ina and Nakazawa to form the city of Komagane.
January 1, 1955 - The town of Nakaminowa merged with the villages of Minowa and Higashiminowa to form the town of Minowa.
April 1, 1955-The town of Tatsuno merged with the village of Asahi to form the new town of Tatsuno.
September 30, 1956:
The town of Tatsuno absorbed the village of Kawashima.
The town of Takatō merged with the villages of Nagafuji and Miyoshi to form the new town of Takatō.
The town of Iijima merged with the village of Nanakubo to form the new town of Iijima.
The village of Miyada broke off from the city of Komagane.