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- List of Provinces of Japan > Tōsandō > Rikuchū Province > Iwate District
- Japan > Tōhoku region > Iwate Prefecture > Iwate District
colored area=original extent in Meiji period; green=present area (1=Shizukuishi, 2=Kuzumaki, 3=Iwate); blue=area transferred from Ninohe District; light green=area transferred from Kunohe District
Iwate (岩手郡, Iwate-gun) is a rural district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
As of June 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 34,416 with a density of 24.5 per km2 and an area of 1404.24 km2. The entire city of Takizawa, the southern half of the city of Hachimantai and most of the city of Morioka were formerly part of Iwate District.