Higashikanbara District, Niigata

Higashikanbara (東蒲原郡, Higashikanbara-gun) is a district located in Niigata, Japan.

As of March 31, 2006, the district has an estimated population of 15,169 and a density of 15.92 persons per km². The total area is 952.88 km².

The following municipalities are within the district:

History

The district was once belonged to Aizu clan and later became part of Wakamatsu Prefecture then to Fukushima Prefecture until 1889 when the district was transferred to Niigata Prefecture.
On April 1, 2005, all municipalities within Higashikanbara District (Kamikawa, Kanose, Mikawa, and Tsugawa) merged to form the new town of Aga.

Niigata Prefecture

Niigata (capital)

Wards of Niigata	Kita Higashi Chūō Kōnan Akiha Minami Nishi Nishikan

Special cities	Jōetsu Nagaoka

Cities	Agano Gosen Itoigawa Kamo Kashiwazaki Minamiuonuma Mitsuke Murakami Myōkō Ojiya Sado Sanjō Shibata Tainai Tōkamachi Tsubame Uonuma

Higashikanbara District	Aga

Iwafune District	Awashimaura Sekikawa

Kariwa District	Kariwa

Kitakanbara District	Seirō

Minamikanbara District	Tagami

Minamiuonuma District	Yuzawa

Nakauonuma District	Tsunan

Nishikanbara District	Yahiko

Santō District	Izumozaki

List of mergers in Niigata Prefecture

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