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. As of April 2022, the district consists of only the village of Kamikoani with an estimated population of 2,089 and an area of 256.82 km². All of the cities of Kitaakita and Ōdate, and part of the city of Noshiro were formerly part of Kitaakita District.

Towns and villages

* Kamikoani

History

The area of Kitaakita District was formerly part of Akita District a

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Ugo Province is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints,'' p. 428. It was sometimes calle ...

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on January 19, 1869, with the area of Kitaakita becoming part of Ugo Province. At the time, the area consisted of two towns (Ōdate and Junishō) and 117 villages formerly under the control of

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. Akita Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871. Akita KitaAkita-gun 1889

History

With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, modern Kitaakita District, with two towns (Ōdate and Junishō) and 29 villages was established. *1896 - Ogita was elevated to town status. *1897 - Aniai was elevated to town status. *1900 - Takanosu was elevated to town status. *1902 - Yonaizawa was elevated to town status. *1932 - Hanaoka was elevated to town status. *1947 - Hayaguchi was elevated to town status. *1951 - Ōdate was elevated to city status. *1955 - Hanaoka was renamed Hanaya, Ogita was renamed Hinai, the town of Aikawa was established by the consolidation of four villages, and the town of Junisho was merged into Ōdate. *1956 - Hayaguchi was renamed Tashiro, and Yonaizawa became Moriyoshi. *1967 - The town of Hanaya was absorbed into Ōdate. *On March 22, 2005 - the towns of Aikawa, Ani, Moriyoshi and Takanosu were merged to create the city of Kitaakita. *On June 20, 2005 - the towns of Hinai and Tashiro were merged into the expanded city of Ōdate. Following this merger, Kitaakita District was left with only the village of Kamikoani.

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