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Santō District, Niigata
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 4,190 with a population density, density of 94.4 persons per km2. The total area is 44.38 km2. Municipalities The district consists of only one town: * Izumozaki, Niigata, Izumozaki History * Before the Edo Period, Santō District was part of the now-defunct Koshi District, Niigata, Koshi District. District timeline Recent mergers * On April 1, 2005 - The towns of Koshiji, Niigata, Koshiji and Mishima, Niigata, Mishima were merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka. * On January 1, 2006 - The towns of Teradomari, Niigata, Teradomari and Yoita, Niigata, Yoita, and the village of Washima, Niigata, Washima were also merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka. Notes References

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Niigata Santo-gun
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, now Denka Big Swan Stadium, an athletic stadium in Niigata, Japan. {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Districts Of Japan
In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities (Towns of Japan, towns or Villages of Japan, villages) within a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities of Japan, Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit in Japan, administrative unit. From 1878 to 1921The governing law, the district code (''gunsei'', 郡制Entry for the 1890 originalanentry for the revised 1899 ''gunsei''in the National Diet Library ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (''gunkai'', 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (''gunchō'', 郡長) and district offices (''gun-yakusho'', 郡役所) until 1926. district governments were roughly equivalent to a County (United States), county of the United States, ranking below Prefectu ...
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Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast. Niigata, Niigata, Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka, Jōetsu, Niigata, Jōetsu, and Sanjō, Niigata, Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture contains the Niigata Major Metropolitan Area centered on Niigata with a population of 1,395,612, the largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast and the twelfth-largest in Japan. Niigata Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and features Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the List o ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ...
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Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ...
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Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ...
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Izumozaki, Niigata
is a Towns of Japan, town located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 4,190, and a population density of 94.4 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Izumozaki is located in a coastal region of central Niigata Prefecture bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture **Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Kashiwazaki **Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka Climate Izumozaki has a Humid subtropical climate, humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Izumozaki is 12.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2261 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.7 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Izumozaki has declined steadily over the past 50 years. History The area of pre ...
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Koshi District, Niigata
was a Districts of Japan, district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 2,035 with a population density, density of 51.09 persons per km2. The total area is 39.83 km2. Municipalities Prior to its dissolution, the district contained only one village: * Yamakoshi, Niigata, Yamakoshi History District Timeline Recent mergers * On April 1, 2005 - The village of Yamakoshi, Niigata, Yamakoshi, along with the town of Oguni, Niigata, Oguni (from Kariwa District, Niigata, Kariwa District), the town of Nakanoshima, Niigata, Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District, Niigata, Minamikanbara District), and the towns of Koshiji, Niigata, Koshiji and Mishima, Niigata, Mishima (both from Santō District, Niigata, Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka. Therefore, Koshi District was dissolved as a result of this merger. See also * List of dissolved districts of Japan Notes References < ...
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Koshiji, Niigata
was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 14,160 and a density of 242.30 persons per km2. The total area was 58.44 km2. On April 1, 2005, Koshiji, along with the town of Oguni (from Kariwa District), the village of Yamakoshi (from Koshi District), the town of Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District), and the town of Mishima (also from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Transportation Railway : JR East - Shin'etsu Main Line :* - - : Echigo Kotsu Nagaoka Line( :ja:越後交通長岡線) (until 1975) :* Raikōji : JNR The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ... Uonuma Line( :ja:魚沼線) (until 1984) :* Raikōji Highway * * * Local attractions * ...
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Mishima, Niigata
was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,535 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of . The total area is . On April 1, 2005, Mishima, along with the town of Oguni (from Kariwa District), the village of Yamakoshi (from Koshi District), the town of Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District), and the town of Koshiji (also from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Transportation Railway had been operated in the town until 1975. Highway * * References Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture Nagaoka, Niigata {{Niigata-geo-stub ...
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Nagaoka, Niigata
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, after the capital city of Niigata, Niigata, Niigata. , the city had an estimated population of 264,611 in 109,283 households and a population density of . The total area of the city was . Geography Nagaoka is in the center of Niigata prefecture and the surrounding Chūetsu region of Japan, between 138th meridian east, longitude 138°E and 37th parallel north, latitude 37°N. It is 80 minutes from Tokyo by way of the Joetsu Shinkansen or three hours on the Kan-Etsu Expressway and is considered a strategic traffic point in the region. Nagaoka was an inland city until January 1, 2006, when the city merged with four municipalities; two were touching the Sea of Japan. The Shinano River flows through the city from south to north and industrial development is on both banks of the river. The Higashiyama mountain range lies to the east. Surrounding municipalities * Niigata ...
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Teradomari, Niigata
was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,766 and a density of 202.30 persons per km2. The total area was 58.16 km2. History On January 1, 2006, Teradomari, along with the city of Tochio, the town of Yoita, and the village of Washima (all from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Climate Transportation Railway JR East - Echigo Line * - In addition to this line, Echigo Kotsu Nagaoka Line was an old provinces of Japan, old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen Province, Uzen, Iwashiro Province, Iwashiro, Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Shinano Province, Shinano, and Etchū Province, ...( :ja:越後交通長岡線) had been operated in the town until 1975. Highway * * Ports * Teradomari Port ** Sado Kisen Terminal Local attractions * Teradomari Fish Market Street * Teradomari Aquarium( :j ...
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