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 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 ...
,
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
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 4,578 with a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...
of 174 persons per km
2. The total area is 26.27 km
2.
Municipalities
The district consists of only one village:
*
Kariwa
is a village located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,578 in 1613 households, and a population density of 174 persons per km². The total area of the village was .
Geography
Kariwa is located in centr ...
;Notes:
History
The district (excluding the west side of Kashiwazaki) was once part of the now-defunct
Koshi District until the
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...
when the district was created under the name of Mishima District. Prior to the split, Mishima District covered the cities of
Kashiwazaki (excluding the western part of the city, being the areas of Agewa (Kamiwa), Takaze (Takahane) and Warabino from the former municipality of
Kakizaki) and
Nagaoka (parts of the former towns of
Oguni and
Koshiji), and the village of
Kariwa
is a village located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,578 in 1613 households, and a population density of 174 persons per km². The total area of the village was .
Geography
Kariwa is located in centr ...
. When
Santō District split off from
Koshi District during the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
, Mishima was renamed to Kariwa.
In 1940, the town of
Kashiwazaki became a city. After
Kashiwazaki merged the surrounding areas, the district continued on to shrink. On April 1, 2005, the town of
Oguni merged into the city of
Nagaoka; and a month later, the towns of
Nishiyama and
Takayanagi merged into the city of
Kashiwazaki. With this merger, Kariwa District has only the village of
Kariwa
is a village located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,578 in 1613 households, and a population density of 174 persons per km². The total area of the village was .
Geography
Kariwa is located in centr ...
left.
District Timeline
Recent mergers
* On April 1, 2005 - The town of
Oguni was merged into the expanded city of
Nagaoka.
* On May 1, 2005 - The towns of
Nishiyama and
Takayanagi were merged into the expanded city of
Kashiwazaki.
Districts in Niigata Prefecture
{{Niigata-geo-stub