{{Short description|District in Nagano prefecture, Japan}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2023}}
{{expand Japanese|topic=geo|木曽郡|date=May 2023}}
thumb|right|250px|Marker for Kisoji
{{nihongo|'''Kiso'''|木曽郡|Kiso-gun}} is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
As of November 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 34,759 with a 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{{efn|group=lau|name=town|Classified as a town.}} * Kiso Town{{efn|group=lau|name=town}} * Kiso Village{{efn|group=lau|name=vill|Classified as a village.}} * Nagiso{{efn|group=lau|name=town}} * Ōkuwa{{efn|group=lau|name=vill}} * Ōtaki{{efn|group=lau|name=vill}}
;Notes: {{notelist|group=lau}}
==History== {{incomplete list|date=May 2023}}
[[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}}]]
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 was merged into the expanded city of 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 was merged into the expanded city of Shiojiri. * November 1, 2005 - The town of Kisofukushima was merged with the villages of Mitake, Hiyoshi and Kaida to form the new town of 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== {{Reflist}}
{{wikivoyage|Kiso Valley}}
{{Nagano}} {{Authority control}}
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Category:Districts in Nagano Prefecture
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