Waga District, Iwate

Map showing original extent of Waga District in Iwate Prefecture

colored area=original extent in Meiji period; green=present area
Location of Waga District in Iwate Prefecture.

Waga (和賀郡, Waga-gun) is a rural district in Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.

As of 1 June 2019, the district had an estimated population of 5,315, and a population density of 9 persons per km2, the total area is 590.74 km2. Parts of the cities of Kitakami, Hanamaki and the town of Kanegasaki were formerly within the district. Since 2006, the district has been contiguous with just the town of Nishiwaga.


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