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
Nakakubiki District,
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (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 5,253 and a
density
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of 68.57 persons per km
2. The total area was 76.61 km
2.
On January 1, 2005, Yoshikawa, along with the town of
Yasuzuka, the villages of
Maki,
Ōshima and
Uragawara (all from
Higashikubiki District), the towns of
Itakura
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,
Kakizaki and
Ōgata, the villages of
Kiyosato,
Kubiki
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,
Nakagō and
Sanwa (all from
Nakakubiki District), and the town of
Nadachi (from
Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of
Jōetsu.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Jōetsu, Niigata
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