is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

located in Niigata,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated

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of 10,327 with a

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of 10.8 persons per km². The total area is 952.89 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of only one town: *

Aga Aga or AGA may refer to: Business * Architectural Glass and Aluminum (AGA), a glazing contractor, established in 1970 * AGA (automobile), ''Autogen Gasaccumulator AG'', 1920s German car company *AGA AB, ''Aktiebolaget Svenska Gasaccumulator'', a ...

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History

* The district was once belonged to Aizu clan and later became part of

Wakamatsu Prefecture may refer to: Places in Japan * Wakamatsu Island, one of the Gotō Islands * Aizuwakamatsu, a city in Fukushima Prefecture * Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, a ward of Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture * Wakamatsu Station, a railway station in Wakamat ...

then to

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

until 1889 when the district was transferred to

Niigata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...

District Timeline

Recent mergers

* On April 1, 2005 - The towns of

Kanose Kanose, also known as ''Tokyo 16B'', was a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War located in the Showa Denko Carbide Plant at Kanose, Niigata in Japan. The first 100 prisoners at the camp came from Mitsushima POW Camp. Of these, on ...

and Tsugawa, and the villages of Kamikawa and Mikawa were merged to form the town of

. Districts in Niigata Prefecture {{Niigata-geo-stub