Kariwa District, Niigata

Kariwa (刈羽郡, Kariwa-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 4,578 with a density of 174 persons per km². The total area is 26.27 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of only one village:

Kariwa^[a]

History

The district (excluding the west side of Kashiwazaki) was once part of the now-defunct Koshi District until the Heian period when the district was created under the name of Mishima District. Prior to the split, Mishima District covered the cities of Kashiwazaki (excluding the western part of the city, being the areas of Agewa (Kamiwa), Takaze (Takahane) and Warabino from the former municipality of Kakizaki) and Nagaoka (parts of the former towns of Oguni and Koshiji), and the village of Kariwa. When Santō District split off from Koshi District during the Edo period, Mishima was renamed to Kariwa.

In 1940, the town of Kashiwazaki became a city. After Kashiwazaki merged the surrounding areas, the district continued on to shrink. On April 1, 2005, the town of Oguni merged into the city of Nagaoka;^[1] and a month later, the towns of Nishiyama and Takayanagi merged into the city of Kashiwazaki.^[2]^[3] With this merger, Kariwa District has only the village of Kariwa left.

District Timeline

Recent mergers

On April 1, 2005 - The town of Oguni was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.
On May 1, 2005 - The towns of Nishiyama and Takayanagi were merged into the expanded city of Kashiwazaki.

Notes

^ Classified as a village.

References

^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Nakanoshima-machi, Koshiji-machi, Mishima-machi, Yamakoshi-mura and Oguni-machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of April 1, 2005.
^ "柏崎市の合併概要|柏崎市公式ホームページ" [A Summary of Kashiwazaki City Mergers | The Official Homepage of Kashiwazaki City]. Kashiwazaki City (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Takayanagi-machi and Nishiyama-machi were incorporated into Kashiwazaki-shi as of May 1, 2005.