is a

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located in

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

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. As of September 2013, the district had an estimated population of 40,171 and an area of 304.54 km². Much the city of

Goshogawara is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 53,576 in 25,568 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Goshogawara occupies two discontinuo ...

and part of the city of

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

was formerly part of Kitatsugaru District. In terms of national politics, the district is represented in the

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as a part of the

Aomori 3rd district Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa. As ...

Towns and villages

* Itayanagi * Nakadomari * Tsuruta

History

The area of Kitatsugaru District was formerly part of

Mutsu Province was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...

. At the time of the

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of 1868, the area consisted of 159 villages, all under the control of

Hirosaki Domain Hirosaki Castle, the seat of the Hirosaki Domain , also known as , was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period JapanRavina, Mark. (1998) ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222 It is located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū ...

. Aomori Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871, and Kitatsugaru District was carved out for former Tsugaru District on October 30, 1878. file:Aomori KitaTsugaru-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Kitatsugaru District:
1.Goshogawara 2.Umezawa 3.Itayanagi 4.Tsuruta 5.Nakagawa 6.Nanawa 7.Matsushima 8.Kase 9.Kanagi 10.Nakasato 11.Aiuchi 12. Kodomari 13.Koami 14.Soikawa 15.Rokugo 16.Sakai 17.Miyoshi 18.Nagahashi 19.Iizumi 20.Kiraichi 21.Takeda 22.Uchigata 23.Wakimoto
Purple= Goshogawara City, Orange=Itayanagi, Red= Nakadomari, Peach=Tsuruta With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, Kitatsugaru District, organized into 23 villages, was established. *1898 - Goshogawara was elevated to city status. *1920 – [ Kanagi and Itayanagi were elevated to town status. *1941 – Nakasato and Tsuruta were elevated to town status *On March 28, 2005 the town of Kanagi and the village of Shiura merged into the city of Goshogawara. *On March 28, 2005 the town of Nakasato and the village of Kodomari merged to form the new town of Nakadomari.

References

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