Kitamurayama District, Yamagata

As of October 2013, the district has an estimated population of 7,652 and an area of 79.59 km2.

Murayama County was an ancient place name in part of Dewa Province, occupying the area of modern Mogami, Nishimurayama, Higashimurayama and Kitamurayama districts.

Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the area Kitamurayama district was a complicated mosaic.

At that time, Kitamurayama District consisted of 2 towns and 105 villages.

With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, the district was consolidated into 23 villages.

Map showing original extent of Kitamurayama District in Yamagata Prefecture

yellow & green area=original extent in Meiji period; green=present area
Historic Map of Kitamurayama District:
  1. Tateoka
  2. Nishigō
  3. Ōkura
  4. Sodesaki
  5. Higashine
  6. Tōgō
  7. Miyazaki
  8. Yamaguchi
  9. Tamugino
  10. Ōtomi
  11. Odajima
  12. Nagatoro
  13. Ōkubo
  14. Fumoto
  15. Tozawa
  16. Ōtakane
  17. Ōishida
  18. Kameida
  19. Fukuhara
  20. Obanazawa
  21. Miyasawa
  22. Tamano
  23. Tokiwa

Purple=Murayama City
Yellow= Ōishida Town
Orange=Obanazawa City
Red=Higashine City
Pink=Tendō City