In addition, Magiri System, which had been used since the age of the Ryukyu Kingdom, remained adopted as lower administrative districts under the local office (later, the island government), but some districts changed their name into a village when Gunkuchoson henseiho was enforced.
また、支庁（後、島庁）の下位行政区画は、琉球王国以来の間切制を採用していたが、一部は郡区町村編制法施行時に、村に名称を変更した。