Higashitonami District, Toyama

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Higashitonami (東礪波郡; -gun) was a district located in Toyama, Japan.

Due to the enforcement of the district government, the district was founded in 1896 when the former Tonami District, occupied the southwestern Etchu Province, split into Nishitonami and Higashitonami Districts.

At the time of founding, the district covered all of the city of Tonami but the areas of Takanami, Takasu, and Wakabayashi. Covered the city of Nanto but the Kamiyamada and Yamada areas from the former town of Fukumitsu and the area of Higashiishiguro and Nishinojiri from the former town of Fukumitsu. The areas of Nakata and Toidewaka in the city of Takaoka. The district seat was located at the town of De (now the center of the city of Tonami)

On November 1, 2004, the town of Shogawa separately merged with the city of Tonami, and the remaining three towns and four villages in Higashitonami merged with the town of Fukumitsu from Nishitonami District to form the city of Nanto, and the district was dissolved as a result.

Prior to dissolution, the district has four towns and four villages, and as of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 46,031, the total area was 531.55 km².