Kitauonuma District, Niigata

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

History

On 1954 - areas now covering Ojiya were merged and elevated to city status.
On November 1, 2004 - towns of Horinouchi and Koide, and the villages of Hirokami, Irihirose, Sumon and Yunotani were merged to create the city of Uonuma; leaving the village of Kawaguchi the only municipality within the district.
On March 31, 2010 - the town of Kawaguchi was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Kitauonuma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Niigata Prefecture

Niigata (capital city)	Kita-ku Higashi-ku Chūō-ku Kōnan-ku Akiha-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Nishikan-ku

Cities	Agano Gosen Itoigawa Jōetsu Kamo Kashiwazaki Minamiuonuma Mitsuke Murakami Myōkō Nagaoka Niigata (capital) Ojiya Sado Sanjō Shibata Tainai Tōkamachi Tsubame Uonuma

Districts	Higashikanbara Iwafune Kariwa Kitakanbara Minamikanbara Minamiuonuma Nakauonuma Nishikanbara Santō

See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 37°26′11″N 138°50′20″E / 37.436472°N 138.838861°E / 37.436472; 138.838861

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