Kameda, Niigata
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was a
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located in Nakakanbara District,
Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and ...
,
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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated
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of 32,386 and a
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of 1,925.45 persons per km². The total area was 16.82 km². On March 21, 2005, Kameda, along with the cities of Niitsu,
Shirone was a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1959. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,966 and density of . The total area was . On March 21, 2005, Shirone, along with the cities of Niitsu ...
and Toyosaka, the towns of Kosudo and Yokogoshi (all from Nakakanbara District), the town of Nishikawa, and the villages of Ajikata, 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 Kōnan-ku ward.


See also

* Kōnan-ku, Niigata *
Niigata, Niigata is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (). It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. I ...
* Kameda Station


External links


Niigata Kōnan-ku website


Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture {{Niigata-geo-stub