is a

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located in

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 ...

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. As of July 1, 2019, the district had an estimated

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of 11,481 with a

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of 362 persons per km². The total area was 31.71 km².

Municipalities

The district consists of only one town: * Tagami

History

When the district was formed back in the Meiji Period, the district covered the cities of Sanjō and Mitsuke, the town of Tagami, and parts of Kamo and the northern part of Nagaoka.

District Timeline

* On January 1, 1934 - The former town of Sanjō (part of the new city of Sanjō) gained city status. * On 1954 - The cities of Mitsuke and Kamo were formed by merging the surrounding areas, including the former respective towns of Mitsuke and Kamo.

Recent mergers

* On April 1, 2005 - The town of Nakanoshima was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. * On May 1, 2005 - The town of Sakae and the village of Shitada merged with the city of Sanjō to create a new city of Sanjō.

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