In 1929, some of the areas of the southern and eastern part of the Kamigyo Ward were split off, and were integrated into the newly created Nakagyo Ward, Sakyo Ward, and Higashiyama Ward.
昭和4年（1929年）、区の南部と東部の一部地域が分離され、新設の中京区、左京区、東山区に編入された。