title: Kitauonuma District, Niigata
text: # Kitauonuma District, Niigata
  
  Kitauonuma (北魚沼郡, Kitauonuma-gun) was a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 5,549 with a density of 110.91 persons per $km^2.$ The total area was 357.29 $km^2.$
  
  ## Towns and villages
  
  Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one village:
  
  * Kawaguchi
  
  ### Notes
  
  * ↑ Classified as a village.
  
  ## History
  
  * On 1954 - The areas now covering Ojiya were merged and elevated to city status.
  
  ### Recent mergers
  
  * On November 1, 2004 - The towns of Horinouchi and Koide, and the villages of Hirokami, Irihirose, Sumon and Yunotani were merged to form the city of Uonuma.
  * On March 31, 2010 - The town of Kawaguchi was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Therefore, Kitauonuma District was dissolved as the result of this merger.
  