was a

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located in Minamiuonuma 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 ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 20,142 and a

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of 105.94 persons per km². The total area was 190.12 km². On October 1, 2005, Shiozawa was merged into the expanded city of

Minamiuonuma is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,354 with 20,047 households, and a population density of 96.1 persons per km2. Its total area was . Geography Minamiuonuma is situated in a valley in a ...

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Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture Minamiuonuma {{Niigata-geo-stub