was a

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located in Kitakanbara District,

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. Nakajō is now part of the newly created city of

Tainai 270px, Tulip fields in Tainai is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 28,495 in 10,821 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2 (288/sq mi). The total area of the city was . Ge ...

. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 27,026 and a

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of 319.53 persons per km². The total area was 84.58 km². The town mascot was named "Lippal".Home page
Town of Nakajo. July 22, 2001. Retrieved on November 21, 2010. On September 1, 2005, Nakajō, along with the village of Kurokawa (also from Kitakanbara District), was merged to create the city of

. Tainai City has a population of approximately 33,000. Nakajo was the home of a

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branch campus until late 2006, when the NSG (Niigata Sogo Gakuin) Group, which bought out the school, decided to close the program. The buildings have since become a very small school for

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and college

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majors.

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Town of Nakajo
(Archive) (2001–2005)

(Archive) (2000–2001)
Town of Nakajo
(Archive) Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture Tainai, Niigata {{Niigata-geo-stub