As of April 2022, the district consists of only the village of
Kamikoani with an estimated population of 2,089 and an area of 256.82 km2.[1] All of the cities of
Kitaakita and
Ōdate, and part of the city of
Noshiro were formerly part of Kitaakita District.
The area of Kitaakita District was formerly part of
Akita District[ja],
Dewa Province. Dewa Province was divided into the provinces of
Ugo Province and
Uzen Province following the
Meiji restoration on January 19, 1869, with the area of Kitaakita becoming part of Ugo Province. At the time, the area consisted of two towns (Ōdate and Junishō) and 117 villages formerly under the control of
Kubota Domain. Akita Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871.
History
With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, modern Kitaakita District, with two towns (Ōdate and Junishō) and 29 villages was established.
1955 - Hanaoka was renamed Hanaya, Ogita was renamed Hinai, the town of Aikawa was established by the consolidation of four villages, and the town of Junisho was merged into Ōdate.
1956 - Hayaguchi was renamed Tashiro, and Yonaizawa became Moriyoshi.
1967 - The town of Hanaya was absorbed into Ōdate.
On June 20, 2005 - the towns of
Hinai and
Tashiro were merged into the expanded city of
Ōdate. Following this merger, Kitaakita District was left with only the village of Kamikoani.