was a
village
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located in
Nishikanbara District,
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2005, the village had an estimated
population
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of 4,506 and a
density
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of 312.05 persons per km². The total area was 14.44 km².
On March 21, 2005 Ajikata, along with the cities of
Niitsu
was a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The city itself was founded on January 1, 1951, but the area had already been opened to railway traffic as early as November 20, 1897. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 66,058 an ...
,
Shirone and
Toyosaka, the towns of
Kameda,
Kosudo and
Yokogoshi (all from
Nakakanbara District), the town of
Nishikawa, and the villages of
Iwamuro,
Katahigashi,
Nakanokuchi and
Tsukigata (all from
Nishikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of
Niigata. As of April 1, 2007, the area is part of the Minami-ku ward.
Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
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