Nishikan-ku, Niigata
Encyclopedia
is one of the eight wards
of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
, Japan
. The ward was created on April 1, 2007 when Niigata became a government-designated city .
Nishikan-ku is composed of five former independent districts. They were the towns and villages of Maki
, Nishikawa
, Iwamuro
, Katahigashi
and Nakanokuchi
.
Wards of Japan
A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...
of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The ward was created on April 1, 2007 when Niigata became a government-designated city .
Nishikan-ku is composed of five former independent districts. They were the towns and villages of Maki
Maki, Niigata (Kambara)
Maki was a town located in the Nishikanbara District, Niigata, Japan.Maki literally means "meadow", although the name of this town is written as "scroll" by a homonym to distinguish from another Maki in the same prefecture...
, Nishikawa
Nishikawa, Niigata
Nishikawa was a town located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 12,277 and a density of 495.84 persons per km²...
, Iwamuro
Iwamuro, Niigata
was a village located in the former Nishikanbara District, Niigata, Japan. The area is famous for onsen near Yahiko mountain. Farming remains the predominant industry in the area...
, Katahigashi
Katahigashi, Niigata
Katahigashi was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata, Japan.As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,347 and a density of 264.90 persons per km²...
and Nakanokuchi
Nakanokuchi, Niigata
was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata, Japan.On March 21, 2005 Nakanokuchi, along with the towns of Kameda, Kosudo and Yokogoshi, all from Nakakanbara District, the town of Nishikawa, the villages of Ajikata, Iwamuro, Katahigashi and Tsukigata, all from Nishikanbara District, and...
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