Minami-Saitama District, Saitama

Minami-Saitama (南埼玉郡) is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

, the district has an estimated population of 33,405 and a density of 2,090 persons per km2. The total area is 15.95 km2.

Towns and villages

 * Miyashiro

District timeline

 * 1871 (first wave of prefectural mergers): The part of Saitama District that would later become Minami-Saitama becomes completely part of Saitama Prefecture which is named after the district.
 * 1879 (reactivation and reorganization of ancient provincial districts as modern prefectural subdivision): Saitama District is split into North- (Kita-) and South (Minami-) Saitama, the district government of South Saitama is set up in Iwatsuki
 * 1889 (Great Meiji mergers & introduction of modern municipalities): Minami-Saitama is subdivided into 6 towns and 44 villages
 * 1923: The Minami-Saitama district assembly is abolished.
 * 1926: The Minami-Saitama district government is abolished, and it becomes a purely geographical unit.
 * November 3, 1954
 * The town of Iwatsuki gained city status.
 * The town of Koshigaya was created by merging with 2 towns and 8 villages.
 * January 1, 1955 - The town of Washinomiya merged with the village of Sakurada from Kitakatsushika District to form the town of Washinomiya in Kitakatsushika District.
 * July 20, 1955 - The villages of Momoki and Suka merged to form the town of Miyashiro.
 * August 1, 1955 - The village of Kawayanagi merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District (now the city of Soka).
 * November 3, 1955 - Parts of the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District merged into the town of Koshigaya.
 * January 1, 1956 - Parts of the city of Iwatsuki merged into the town of Hasuda.
 * September 28, 1956
 * Parts of the village of Hachijo merged with the villages of Yawata and Shiodomari to form the village of Yashio.
 * The remaining parts of Hachijo merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District.
 * November 3, 1958 - The town of Koshigaya gained city status.
 * October 1, 1964 - The village of Yashio gained town status.
 * October 1, 1971 - The town of Kuki gained city status.
 * January 15, 1972 - The town of Yashio gained city status.
 * October 1, 1972 - The town of Hasuda gained city status.
 * March 23, 2010 - The town of Shōbu, along with the towns of Kurihashi and Washimiya, both from Kitakatsushika District, merged with the city of Kuki to form the new city of Kuki.
 * October 1, 2012 - The town of Shiraoka gained city status. This leaves Minami Saitama District with one municipality.