Kawanishi, Niigata
Kawanishi 川西町 | |
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Former municipality | |
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Country | Japan |
Region | Hokuriku |
Prefecture | Niigata Prefecture |
District | Nakauonuma District |
Merged | April 1, 2005 (now part of Tōkamachi) |
Area | |
• Total | 73.55 km2 (28.40 sq mi) |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 7,829 |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
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Kawanishi (川西町, Kawanishi-machi) was a town located in Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,829 and a density of 106.44 persons per km2. The total area was 73.55 km2.
On April 1, 2005, Kawanishi, along with the towns of Matsudai and Matsunoyama (both from Higashikubiki District), and the village of Nakasato (also from Nakauonuma District), was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi.[1][2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139.
Tokamachi-shi, Kawanishi-machi, Nakasato-mura, Matsudai-machi and Matsunoyama-machi were incorporated into a newly established Tokamachi-shi as of April 1, 2005.
- ^ "十日町市の沿革|十日町市". 十日町市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
十日町市は、平成17年4月1日に旧十日町市、川西町、中里村、松代町及び松之山町の5市町村が新設合併して誕生しました。