Koshi District, Niigata

Koshi (古志郡, Koshi-gun) was a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 2,035 and a density of 51.09 persons per km². The total area is 39.83 km².

Towns and villages

On April 1, 2005 - the village of Yamakoshi, along with the town of Oguni (from Kariwa District), the town of Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District), and the towns of Koshiji and Mishima (both from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Koshi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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

Authority control	NDL: 00633531

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