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located in

Sado Island is a city located on in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised the entire island, although not all of its total area is urbanized. Sado is the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the four main islands and Ok ...

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 ...

, Japan. On March 1, 2004, Ryōtsu and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Ryōtsu has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City. As of 2003, the city had an estimated

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of 16,710 and a

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of 71.60 persons per km². The total area was 233.37 km².

History

The city was founded on November 3, 1954. On March 1, 2004, Ryōtsu, along with the rest of

(the towns of Aikawa, Kanai, Sawata,

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, Hamochi and

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, and the villages of Niibo and Akadomari (all from Sado District)), was merged to create the city of Sado.

Transportation

Bus

* Niigata Kotsu Sado

Highway

Sea

* Ryōtsu Port ** Sado Kisen Terminal *** Car ferry and

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services to/from Niigata Port

Local attractions

* Lake Kamo * Onogame * Futatsugame Kameiwa_Sado.jpg, Onogame 二ツ亀.jpg, Futatsugame Himezaki tohdai.jpg, Himezaki Lighthouse

Climate

References

External links

Sado Tourism Association

Sado Steam Ship

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