was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Nakakanbara District,
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 ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 10,256 and a
density
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of 606.5 persons per km
2. The total area was 16.91 km
2.
On March 21, 2005, Kosudo, along with the cities of
Niitsu,
Shirone and
Toyosaka, the towns of
Kameda and
Yokogoshi (all from
Nakakanbara District), the town of
Nishikawa, and the villages of
Ajikata,
Iwamuro,
Katahigashi,
Nakanokuchi and
Tsukigata (all from
Nishikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of
Niigata. As of April 1, 2007, the area is part of the
Akiha-ku ward.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
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