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Nishikubiki (西頸城郡; -gun) is a district located in Niigata, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 23,292 and a density of 67.40 persons per km². The total area is 345.56 km².
[edit] Towns and villages
[edit] Mergers
- On January 1, 2005, the town of Yasuzuka and the villages of Maki, Oshima and Uragawara from Higashikubiki District, the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ogata and Yoshikawa and the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagou and Sanwa from Nakakubiki District and the town of Nadachi from Nishikubiki District were absorbed into the city of Joetsu.
- On March 19, 2005, the new city of Itoigawa was created when the towns of Nou and Oumi from Nishikubiki District merged with the old city of Itoigawa. With this merger, the district dissolved.