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Kitagō, Miyazaki (Higashiusuki)

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This article is about the former village in Higashiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a town with this name also in Miyazaki, see Kitagō, Miyazaki (Minaminaka).

Kitagō (北郷村, Kitagō-son) was a village located in Higashiusuki District, Miyazaki, Japan.

On January 1, 2006 Kitagō was merged with the villages of Nangō and Saigō, all from Higashiusuki District, to form the new town of Misato and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,985 and the density of 16.52 persons per km². The total area was 120.17 km².

Kitago literally means "north shire". This village was a northern quarter of so-called Irigo (literally Inlands Shire) area.

History

The village was established in 1889 by merging Unama, Kurogi, Nyushita Villages.


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