Minamitsugaru District, Aomori

As of September 2013, the district had an estimated population of 33,815 and an area of 222.98 km2.

All of the cities of Kuroishi and Hirakawa, and parts of the cities of Aomori and Hirosaki and the town of Itayanagi were formerly part of Minamitsugaru District.

In terms of national politics, the district is represented in the Diet of Japan's House of Representatives as a part of the Aomori 3rd district.

[1] The area of Minamitsugaru District was formerly part of Mutsu Province.

At the time of the Meiji restoration of 1868, the area consisted of one towns (Kuroishi) and 22 villages formerly under the control of Kuroishi Domain and 117 villages under the control of Hirosaki Domain.