Editing Toyooka, Hyōgo (section)

==History==
The area of Toyooka was the center of ancient [[Tajima Province]] in the early 8th century and the location of the [[kokufu|provincial capital]] and the [[Tajima Kokubun-ji]]. From the [[Muromachi period]] to the end of the [[Sengoku period]], the area was under the stronghold of the powerful [[Yamana clan]]. Under the [[Edo Period]] [[Tokugawa shogunate]], [[Toyooka Domain]] and [[Izushi Domain]] existed within the borders of what is now the city of Toyooka. In 1871, following the [[Meiji restoration]], "Toyooka Prefecture" incorporating all of the former feudal territories within Tajima, [[Tango Province|Tango]] and [[Tanba Province]]s was created. It was abolished on August 21, 1876, when Hyōgo Prefecture was created. The town of Toyooka was officially established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The [[1925 North Tajima earthquake]] created severe damage in Toyooka, with official government reports, indicating that there were 428 fatalities, 1,016 injuries, 7,863 buildings destroyed, and 45,659 houses damaged by collapse or fire.<ref name="rid_RO0004000076292">植村善博、「[https://archives.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/repository/baker/rid_RO000400007629 1925年北但馬地震における豊岡町の被害と復興過程]」 佛教大学歴史学部 {{ISSN|2185-4203}}, 『歴史学部論集』 4巻 p.1-18, 2014年03月01日</ref>

The city of Toyooka was created on April 1, 1950 by the merger of Toyooka with neighboring Gosho, Nitta, and Nakasuji villages. The city expanded on April 1, 1955 by annexing Nasa and Minato villages. On April 1, 2005, the towns of [[Kinosaki, Hyōgo|Kinosaki]], [[Hidaka, Hyōgo|Hidaka]] and [[Takeno, Hyōgo|Takeno]] (all from [[Kinosaki District, Hyōgo|Kinosaki District]]) and the towns of [[Izushi, Hyōgo|Izushi]] and [[Tantō, Hyōgo|Tantō]] (both from [[Izushi District, Hyōgo|Izushi District]]) were merged into Toyooka.