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Sawata 佐和田町
Former municipality
FlagSeal
Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Sado District
Merged	March 1, 2004 (now part of Sado)
Area
• Total	47.7 km (18.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	9,909
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Sawata (佐和田町, Sawata-machi) was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

On March 1, 2004, Sawata and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Sawata has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City.

Transportation

Bus

• Niigata Kotsu Sado
  • Sawata Bus Station

Highway

• National Route 350

See also

• Sado, Niigata

References

1. "佐和田町" (PDF). Niigata Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2004.

External links

• Sado Tourism Association (in English)

v t e Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Niigata	2001 Kurosaki 2005 Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata
Murakami	2008 Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku
Tainai	2005 Kurokawa Nakajō
Shibata	2003 Toyoura 2005 Kajikawa Shiunji
Agano	2004 Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda
Gosen	2005 Muramatsu
Aga	2005 Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa
Tsubame	2006 Bunsui Yoshida
Sanjō	2005 Sakae Shitada
Nagaoka	2005 Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi 2006 Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita 2010 Kawaguchi
Kashiwazaki	2005 Nishiyama Takayanagi
Tōkamachi	2005 Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato
Uonuma	2004 Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani
Minamiuonuma	2004 Muikamachi Yamato 2005 Shiozawa
Jōetsu	2005 Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa
Myōkō (Arai)	2005 Myōkō Myōkōkōgen
Itoigawa	2005 Nō Ōmi
Sado	2004 Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata
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