Kitakanbara District, Niigata

Kitakanbara (北蒲原郡, Kitakanbara-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 14,025 with a density of 373 persons per km². The total area is 37.58 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of only one town:

On January 1, 1947 - The town of Shibata became a city.
In March 1955 - After it gained city status, Shibata absorbed the villages of Izumino (Ijimino or Ijikuni), Kawahigashi, Sugaya (Sugatani), Matsuura, Yonekura and Akatani (Agaya).
In March 1956 - Some areas of the village of Kajikawa were absorbed into Shibata.
In April 1959 - The village of Sasaki was absorbed into Shibata.
On November 1, 1970 - The town of Toyosaka (part of Niigata as of March 21, 2005) gained city status.

On July 7, 2003 - The town of Toyoura was merged into the expanded city of Shibata.
On April 1, 2004 - The towns of Suibara and Yasuda, and the villages of Kyogase and Sasakami were merged to form the city of Agano.
On May 1, 2005 - The town of Shiunji and the village of Kajikawa were also merged into the expanded city of Shibata.^[1]^[2]
On September 1, 2005 - The town of Nakajō and the village of Kurokawa were merged to form the city of Tainai.

^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Shiunji-machi and Kajikawa-mura were incorporated into Shibata-shi as of May 1, 2005.
^ "新発田市・紫雲寺町・加治川村合併". 新潟県新発田市公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-05.