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is one of the eight

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Niigata City may refer to: * Niigata Prefecture, Japan **Niigata (city), the capital of the prefecture * Albirex Niigata, the city's professional football club * Niigata Transys, a Japanese railway vehicle manufacturer * Niigata Stadium, an athletic stadium in ...

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, 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

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of 44,522 in 15,980 households and a

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of 440 persons per km². The total area of the ward was .

Geography

Minami-ku is located in an inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture. The area is dominated by agriculture, notably rice production and horticulture.

Surrounding municipalities

Nishi-ku, Niigata is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 161,884 in 68,119 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km². The total area of the war ...

Nishikan-ku, Niigata is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 55,963 in 20,369 households Kōnan-ku, Niigata is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 68,413 in 27,027 households and a population density of 913 persons per km². The total area of the ward ...

Akiha-ku, Niigata is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 76,086 in 29,843 households and a population density of 800 persons per km². The total area of the ward ...

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** Sanjō ** Tsubame ** Tagami

History

The area of present-day Minami-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 town of Shirone and village of Ajikata were established on April 1, 1889 within Nakakanbara District with the establishment of the municipalities system. The village of Tsukigata was created on April 1, 1906 by the merger of three hamlets. Shirone was elevated to city status on June 1, 1959. The city of Niigata annexed Shirone, Ajikata and Tsukigata on March 21, 2005. Niigata became a government-designated city on April 1, 2007 and was divided into

, with the new Minami Ward consisting of the former city of Shirone and former villages of Ajikata and Tsukigata.

Education

Minami-ku has 11 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the Niigata city government. There is one public high school operated by the Niigata Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railways

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Minami-ku is not served by any passenger rail service. A railway line operated by

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ceased operations in 1999. * Higashi-Sekiya—Shirone—Tsukigata: closed in 1999 * Tsukigata—: closed in 1993

Transit bus

* Transit bus operated by

** W7 / W8

Highways

* *

Local attractions

Places

* Niigata Agriculture Park

Event

Shirone Giant Kite Battle

References

External links

Niigata official website

Niigata Minami-ku website

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