Minami-Uonuma District, Niigata

Minami-Uonuma (南魚沼郡, Minami-Uonuma-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 72,908 and a density of 77.41 persons per km². The total area is 941.82 km².

Towns and villages

On November 1, 2004 the towns of Muika and Yamato merged to form the city of Minamiuonuma.
On October 1, 2005 the town of Shiozawa was also merged into city of Minamiuonuma.

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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