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(Top) 1 Towns and villages 2 History 2.1 District Timeline 2.2 Recent mergers 3 References 4 See also

Kitauonuma District, Niigata

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Map showing original extent of Kitauonuma District in Niigata Prefecture:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period

Kitauonuma (北魚沼郡, Kitauonuma-gun) was a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 5,549 with a density of 110.91 persons per km². The total area was 357.29 km².

Towns and villages[edit]

Prior to its dissolution on 3 March 2010,^[1] the district consisted of only one village:

Kawaguchi^[a]

Notes

^ Classified as a village.

History[edit]

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On 1954 - The areas now covering Ojiya were merged and elevated to city status.

District Timeline[edit]

Recent mergers[edit]

On November 1, 2004 - The towns of Horinouchi and Koide, and the villages of Hirokami, Irihirose, Sumon and Yunotani were merged to form the city of Uonuma.
On March 31, 2010 - The town of Kawaguchi was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Therefore, Kitauonuma District was dissolved as the result of this merger.^[1]