was a
village
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located in
Nakakubiki District,
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 6,191 and a
density
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of 157.29 persons per km². The total area was 39.36 km².
On January 1, 2005, Sanwa, along with the town of
Yasuzuka, the villages of
Maki
Maki may refer to:
People
*Mäki, a Finnish surname (includes a list of people with the name)
*Maki (name), a Japanese given name and surname (includes a list of people with the name)
Places
*Maki, Ravar, Kerman Province, Iran
*Maki, Rigan, Ke ...
,
Ōshima and
Uragawara (all from
Higashikubiki District), the towns of
Itakura
is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 14,323 in 5717 households and a population density of 340 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Itakura's animal mascot is the catfish. It is ...
,
Kakizaki,
Ōgata and
Yoshikawa
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 73,262 in 31,031 households and a population density of 2300 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Located in far southeastern Saita ...
, the villages of
Kiyosato,
Kubiki and
Nakagō (all from
Nakakubiki District), and the town of
Nadachi (from
Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of
Jōetsu.
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References
Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Jōetsu, Niigata
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