Nakauonuma District, Niigata

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Map showing original extent of Nakauonuma District in Niigata Prefecture:

* yellow – areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
* green – current borders

Tsunan-mura

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.

The district consists of only one village:

Tsunan^[a]

History

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.

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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]

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