Minamikanbara_District,_Niigata Knowpia

Minamikanbara (南蒲原郡, Minamikanbara-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of July 1, 2019, the district had an estimated population of 11,481 with a density of 362 persons per km². The total area was 31.71 km².

Municipalities edit

The district consists of only one town:

Tagami^[a]

History edit

When the district was formed back in the Meiji Period, the district covered the cities of Sanjō and Mitsuke, the town of Tagami, and parts of Kamo and the northern part of Nagaoka.

District Timeline edit

On January 1, 1934 - The former town of Sanjō (part of the new city of Sanjō) gained city status.
On 1954 - The cities of Mitsuke and Kamo were formed by merging the surrounding areas, including the former respective towns of Mitsuke and Kamo.

Recent mergers edit

On April 1, 2005 - The town of Nakanoshima was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.
On May 1, 2005 - The town of Sakae and the village of Shitada merged with the city of Sanjō to create a new city of Sanjō.^[1]^[2]

Notes edit

^ Classified as a town.

References edit

^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Sanjo-shi, Sakae-machi and Shitada-mura were incorporated into a newly established Sanjo-shi as of May 1, 2005.
^ 荒川区. "新潟県三条市". 荒川区公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 三条市は、新潟県のほぼ中央に位置し、平成17年5月1日に三条市・栄町・下田村の3市町村が合併し誕生したまちです。

37°42′05″N 139°04′08″E / 37.7015°N 139.069°E / 37.7015; 139.069

[town-1] Classified as a town.

[2] 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Sanjo-shi, Sakae-machi and Shitada-mura were incorporated into a newly established Sanjo-shi as of May 1, 2005.

[3] 荒川区. "新潟県三条市". 荒川区公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 三条市は、新潟県のほぼ中央に位置し、平成17年5月1日に三条市・栄町・下田村の3市町村が合併し誕生したまちです。

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