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{{Short description|District in Nagano prefecture, Japan}}
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[[Image:KisojiMarker.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Marker for Kisoji]]

{{nihongo|'''Kiso'''|木曽郡|Kiso-gun}} is a [[Districts of Japan|district]] located in [[Nagano Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated [[population]] of 34,759 with a [[population density|density]] of 22.48 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 1,546.26 km<sup>2</sup>.

==Municipalities==
The district consists of three towns and three villages:

* [[Agematsu, Nagano|Agematsu]]{{efn|group=lau|name=town|Classified as a town.}}
* [[Kiso, Nagano (town)|Kiso Town]]{{efn|group=lau|name=town}}
* [[Kiso, Nagano (village)|Kiso Village]]{{efn|group=lau|name=vill|Classified as a village.}}
* [[Nagiso, Nagano|Nagiso]]{{efn|group=lau|name=town}}
* [[Ōkuwa, Nagano|Ōkuwa]]{{efn|group=lau|name=vill}}
* [[Ōtaki, Nagano|Ōtaki]]{{efn|group=lau|name=vill}}

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==History==
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[[File:Nagano Kiso-gun.png|thumb|320px|right|Map showing original extent of Kiso District in [[Nagano Prefecture]]:<br /><br />* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period<br /> {{olist |Agematsu-machi |Nagiso-machi |Kiso-mura |Ōtaki-mura|Ōkuwa-mura |Kiso-machi}}]]

[[File:Nagano NishiChikuma-gun 1889.png|260px|thumb|right|Colored areas are in this district.]]

Historically, the district was once known as {{nihongo|'''Nishichikuma District'''|西筑摩郡|Nishichikuma-gun}} until May 1, 1968.

===District Timeline===
* May 1, 1968 - The district was renamed to '''Kiso District'''.

===Recent mergers===
* February 13, 2005 - The village of [[Yamaguchi, Nagano|Yamaguchi]] was merged into the expanded city of [[Nakatsugawa, Gifu|Nakatsugawa]] (located in [[Gifu Prefecture]]).<ref name=nakatsugawa>{{cite web|title=中津川市紹介（HP版）07.03.27|url=http://www.city.nakatsugawa.gifu.jp/wiki/images/7/7d/%E4%B8%AD%E6%B4%A5%E5%B7%9D%E5%B8%82%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8B%EF%BC%88HP%E7%89%88%EF%BC%8907.03.27.pdf|work=Nakatsugawa official website|access-date=August 19, 2011|language=ja}}</ref> 
* April 1, 2005 - The village of [[Narakawa, Nagano|Narakawa]] was merged into the expanded city of [[Shiojiri, Nagano|Shiojiri]].
* November 1, 2005 - The town of [[Kisofukushima, Nagano|Kisofukushima]] was merged with the villages of [[Mitake, Nagano|Mitake]], [[Hiyoshi, Nagano|Hiyoshi]] and [[Kaida, Nagano|Kaida]] to form the new town of [[Kiso, Nagano (town)|Kiso]].

==Points of interest==
* [[Nakasendō]], a former trade route between [[Edo]] (modern-day [[Tokyo]]) and [[Kyoto]].
* [[Tsumago-juku]], a restored post town on the Nakasendō.

==See also==
* [[Kisobushi]]
* [[Kiso Valley]]

==References==
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{{wikivoyage|Kiso Valley}}

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