How do I change my apple id on my iCloud and not lose my information?

Recently, my iphone has been telling me that my username and password are not correct for my iCloud and for the app store, etc. I went online to check my apple id and reset my password if need be, and I get told that I do not have an apple id with my email. Despite the fact that I've been using this apple id for many years, and my iCloud under this apple id for about 6 months, I went ahead and just made a new apple id so I would not have to deal with it. Right now, I'm wondering if I can delete my iCloud account, with no way to back it up because the apple id is supposedly nonexistant, and replace it with a new one, will my phone hold on to my contacts and merge them with my new iCloud account? Could someone help walk me through this?

Also see http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998

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