Nakauonuma District, Niigata

District in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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Nakauonuma (中魚沼郡, Nakauonuma-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 9,218 with a density of 54.2 persons per km². The total area is 170.21 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of only one village:

Tsunan^[a]

History

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In 1954 – The town of Tōkamachi gained city status after merging with three villages and later gained more land by merging surrounding villages. There were some villages from the northside of the district that were merged into the city of Ojiya.

District Timeline

Recent mergers

On April 1, 2005 – The town of Kawanishi, and the village of Nakasato were merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ Classified as a village.

References

^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Tokamachi-shi, Kawanishi-machi, Nakasato-mura, Matsudai-machi and Matsunoyama-machi were incorporated into a newly established Tokamachi-shi as of April 1, 2005.
^ "十日町市の沿革|十日町市". 十日町市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 十日町市は、平成17年4月1日に旧十日町市、川西町、中里村、松代町及び松之山町の5市町村が新設合併して誕生しました。