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{{Short description|District in Niigata prefecture, Japan}}
{{expand Japanese|北蒲原郡|date=April 2023}}
{{More references|date=February 2024}}[[File:Niigata KitaKambara-gun.png|thumb|320px|right|Map showing original extent of Kitakanbara District in [[Niigata Prefecture]]:<br /><br />* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period<br />* green - current borders<br /> {{olist |Seirō-machi}}]]

{{nihongo|'''Kitakanbara'''|北蒲原郡|Kitakanbara-gun}} is a [[Districts of Japan|district]] located in [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated [[population]] of 14,025 with a [[population density|density]] of 373 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 37.58 km<sup>2</sup>.

== Municipalities ==
The district consists of only one town:

* [[Seirō, Niigata|Seirō]]{{efn|group=lau|name=town|Classified as a town.}}

== History ==
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=== District timeline ===
* On January 1, 1947 - The town of [[Shibata, Niigata|Shibata]] became a city.
* In March 1955 - After it gained city status, Shibata absorbed the villages of Izumino (Ijimino or Ijikuni), Kawahigashi, Sugaya (Sugatani), Matsuura, Yonekura and Akatani (Agaya).
* In March 1956 - Some areas of the village of Kajikawa were absorbed into Shibata.
* In April 1959 - The village of Sasaki was absorbed into Shibata.
* On November 1, 1970 - The town of [[Toyosaka, Niigata|Toyosaka]] (part of [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]] as of March 21, 2005) gained city status.

=== Recent mergers ===
* On July 7, 2003 - The town of [[Toyoura, Niigata|Toyoura]] was merged into the expanded city of [[Shibata, Niigata|Shibata]].
* On April 1, 2004 - The towns of [[Suibara, Niigata|Suibara]] and [[Yasuda, Niigata|Yasuda]], and the villages of [[Kyogase, Niigata|Kyogase]] and [[Sasakami, Niigata|Sasakami]] were merged to form the city of [[Agano, Niigata|Agano]].
* On May 1, 2005 - The town of [[Shiunji, Niigata|Shiunji]] and the village of [[Kajikawa, Niigata|Kajikawa]] were also merged into the expanded city of [[Shibata, Niigata|Shibata]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jK33qQjYcQ4C |title=住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 |date=2005 |publisher=総務庁統計局 |pages=139 |language=ja |trans-title=Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register |quote=Shiunji-machi and Kajikawa-mura were incorporated into Shibata-shi as of May 1, 2005.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=新発田市・紫雲寺町・加治川村合併 |url=https://www.city.shibata.lg.jp/machidukuri/seisaku/kouiki/gappei/1002198.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=新潟県新発田市公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>
* On September 1, 2005 - The town of [[Nakajo, Niigata|Nakajō]] and the village of [[Kurokawa, Niigata|Kurokawa]] were merged to form the city of [[Tainai, Niigata|Tainai]].

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930134905/http://www.ssk-gappei.com/ 新発田市・紫雲寺町・加治川村合併協議会]{{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051108220848/http://www.town.nakajo.niigata.jp/gappei/ 中条町・黒川村合併協議会]

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