Kitasaku District, Nagano

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Kitasaku (北佐久郡, Kitasaku-gun) is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2023, the district has an estimated population of 41,894 with a density of 149 persons per km². The total area is 281.69 km².

Municipalities

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The district consists of three towns:

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Classified as a town.

History

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Map showing original extent of Kitasaku District in Nagano Prefecture:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period

Karuizawa-machi
Miyota-machi
Tateshina-machi

District Timeline

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Recent mergers

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On April 1, 2004 - The village of Kitamimaki was merged with the town of Tōbu (from Chiisagata District) to form the new city of Tōmi.^[1]

On April 1, 2005 - The town of Mochizuki and the village of Asashina were merged with the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District) and the old city of Saku to form the new city of Saku.^[2]

References

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^ "東御市（とうみし）|東御市のあらまし|人と自然が織りなす　しあわせ交流都市　とうみ". 東御市. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "さく市のれきし | 佐久市ホームページ". さく市. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

v t e Nagano Prefecture
Nagano (capital)
Core cities	Nagano Matsumoto
Cities	Azumino Chikuma Chino Iida Iiyama Ina Komagane Komoro Nakano Okaya Ōmachi Saku Shiojiri Suwa Suzaka Tōmi Ueda
Districts	Chiisagata District Aoki Nagawa Hanishina District Sakaki Higashichikuma District Asahi Chikuhoku Ikusaka Omi Yamagata Kamiina District Iijima Minamiminowa Minowa Miyada Nakagawa Tatsuno Kamiminochi District Iizuna Shinano Ogawa Kamitakai District Obuse Takayama Kiso District Agematsu Kiso (town) Nagiso Kiso (village) Ōkuwa Ōtaki Kitaazumi District Ikeda Hakuba Matsukawa Otari Kitasaku District Karuizawa Miyota Tateshina Minamisaku District Kawakami Kitaaiki Koumi Minamiaiki Minamimaki Sakuho Shimoina District Achi Anan Hiraya Matsukawa Neba Ōshika Shimojō Takagi Takamori Tenryū Toyooka Urugi Yasuoka Shimominochi District Sakae Shimotakai District Yamanouchi Kijimadaira Nozawaonsen Suwa District Hara Fujimi Shimosuwa
Former Districts	Minamiazumi District Sarashina District
List of mergers in Nagano Prefecture