is one of the eight

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of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the

Hokuriku region The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, which it is currently a part of. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern ...

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. , the ward had an estimated population of 76,086 in 29,843 households Niigata city official statistics
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Geography

Akiha-ku is located in an inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture. Both the Agano River and the Shinano River flow through the ward. Aragaura Bridge 2.jpg, Agaura Bridge over the Agano River Manganji Hasagi April2020.jpg, Manganji Hasagi Street Niitsu_River_Niitsu_Library_April2020.jpg, Niitsu River and Niitsu Library

Surrounding municipalities

* Niigata Prefecture ** Konan-ku, Niigata ** Minami-ku, Niigata ** Gosen ** Agano ** Tagami

Climate

Akiha-ku has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Akiha-ku is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

History

The area of present-day Akiha-ku was part of ancient

Echigo Province was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata ...

. The modern towns of Niitsu and Kosudo were established on April 1, 1889 within Nakakanbara District with the establishment of the municipalities system. Niitsu was raised to city status on January 1, 1951. The city of Niigata annexed Niitsu and Kosudo on March 21, 2005. Niigata became a government-designated city on April 1, 2007 and was divided into

, with the new Akiha Ward consisting of the former city of Niitsu and former town of Kosudo. Niitsu Honcho-dori Shinko Shopping Street April2020.jpg, Central Niitsu Central Kosudo March2020.jpg, Central Kosudo

Education

University

Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences is a private university in Niigata, Niigata, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, ...

Primary and secondary education

Akiha-ku has 13 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the Niigata city government. The ward has three public high schools operated by the Niigata Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

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- Shin'etsu Main Line * () - - - - - - () JR logo (east)

- Ban'etsu West Line * - - - () JR logo (east)

- Uetsu Main Line *

Highways

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Points of interest

* Niigata Prefectural Botanical Garden
Niitsu Railway Museum

References

Notes

External links

Niigata city official website

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(multilingual) {{Niigata Wards of Niigata (city)