title: Kitakanbara District, Niigata
text: # Kitakanbara District, Niigata
  
  Kitakanbara (北蒲原郡, Kitakanbara-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 14,025 with a density of 373 persons per $km^2.$ The total area is 37.58 $km^2.$
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district consists of only one town:
  
  * Seirō
  
  ### Notes
  
  * ↑ Classified as a town.
  
  ## History
  
  ### District Timeline
  
  * On January 1, 1947 - The town of Shibata became a city.
  * On March 1955 - After it gained city status, Shibata absorbed the villages of Izumino (Ijimino or Ijikuni), Kawahigashi, Sugaya (Sugatani), Matsuura, Yonekura and Akatani (Agaya).
  * On March 1956 - Some areas of the village of Kajikawa were absorbed into Shibata.
  * On April 1959 - The village of Sasaki was absorbed into Shibata.
  * On November 1, 1970 - The town of Toyosaka (part of Niigata as of March 21, 2005) gained city status.
  
  ### Recent mergers
  
  * On July 7, 2003 - The town of Toyoura was merged into the expanded city of Shibata.
  * On April 1, 2004 - The towns of Suibara and Yasuda, and the villages of Kyogase and Sasakami were merged to form the city of Agano.
  * On May 1, 2005 - The town of Shiunji and the village of Kajikawa were also merged into the expanded city of Shibata.
  * On September 1, 2005 - The town of Nakajō and the village of Kurokawa were merged to form the city of Tainai.
  