title: Kitakoma District, Yamanashi
text: # Kitakoma District, Yamanashi
  
  Kitakoma (北巨摩郡, Kitakoma-gun) was a district located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of March 2006, the district had an estimated population of 6,127 with a density of 184.88 persons per $km^2.$ The total area was 33.14 $km^2.$
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town:
  
  * Kobuchisawa
  
  ### Notes
  
  * ↑ Classified as a town.
  
  ## History
  
  ### District Timeline
  
  Kitakoma District was founded from the split of Koma District during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 44 villages.
  
  ### Recent mergers
  
  * On September 1, 2004 - The town of Futaba was merged with the towns of Ryūō and Shikishima (both from Nakakoma District) to create the city of Kai.
  * On November 1, 2004 - The towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi were merged to create the city of Hokuto
  * On March 15, 2006 - The town of Kobuchisawa was merged into the expanded city of Hokuto. Kitakoma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
  