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was a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of October 1, 2008, the district had a population of 8,952 with an area of 100.47 km<sup>2</sup>.
The district's area is equivalent to the current city of Isa.
Until the day before the dissolution, the district had one town:
- Hishikari (菱刈町)
Timeline
- March 29, 1896 - Isa District was formed when Kitaisa and Hishikari Districts were merged. The villages of Ōkuchi, Yamano, Hatsuki, Hishikari, Nishitara and Higashitara were formed.
- April 1, 1918 - The village of Ōkuchi was elevated to town status to become the town of Ōkuchi. (1 town, 5 villages)
- February 11, 1925 - The village of Higashitara was renamed to the village of Honjō.
- April 29, 1940 - The village of Hishikari was elevated to town status to become the town of Hishikari. (2 towns, 4 villages)
- November 10, 1940 - The village of Yamano was elevated to town status to become the town of Yamano. (3 towns, 3 villages)
- April 1, 1954 - The towns of Ōkuchi and Yamano, and the villages of Nishitara and Hatsuki were merged to create the city of Ōkuchi. (1 town, 1 village)
- July 15, 1954 - The town of Hishikari, and the village of Honjō were merged to create the town of Hishikari. (1 town)
- November 1, 2008 - The town of Hishikari, along with the city of Ōkuchi, was merged to create the city of Isa. Isa District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:x-small"
!旧郡
!明治29年3月29日
!明治29年 - 大正15年
!昭和1年 - 昭和19年
!昭和20年 - 昭和63年
!平成1年 - 現在
!現在
|-
| rowspan="3" | 北伊佐郡
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 大口村
| style="background-color:#6ff;"| 大正7年4月1日<br>町制
| style="background-color:#6ff;"| 大口町
| rowspan="4" | 昭和29年4月1日<br>大口市
| rowspan="6" | 平成20年11月1日<br>伊佐市
| rowspan="6" | 伊佐市
|-
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 山野村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 山野村
| style="background-color:#6ff;"| 昭和15年11月10日<br>町制
|-
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 羽月村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 羽月村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 羽月村
|-
| rowspan="3" | 菱刈郡
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 西太良村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 西太良村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 西太良村
|-
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 菱刈村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 菱刈村
| style="background-color:#6ff;"| 昭和15年4月29日<br>町制
| style="background-color:#6ff;" rowspan="2" | 昭和29年7月15日<br>菱刈町
|-
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 東太良村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 大正14年2月11日<br>改称 本城村
| style="background-color:#9cf;"| 本城村
|}
See also
- List of dissolved districts of Japan