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Former municipality in Hokuriku, Japan
Washima 和島村
Former municipality
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CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
MergedJanuary 1, 2006
(now part of Nagaoka)
Area
 • Total31.86 km (12.30 sq mi)
Population
 • Total4,814
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
10 municipalities merged into Nagaoka City

Washima (和島村, Washima-mura) was a village in Santō District, Niigata, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,814 and a population density of 151.10 persons per km. The total area was 31.86 km.

On January 1, 2006, Washima, along with the city of Tochio, and the towns of Teradomari and Yoita (all from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.

Transportation

Railway

JR East - Echigo Line

Highway

References

  1. "市町村合併に伴う町名変更一覧". Nagaoka City (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2006. p. 135. Tochio-shi, Washima‐mura, Teradomari‐machi and Yoita‐machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of January 1, 2006.
Dissolved municipalities of Shadow picture of Niigata PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
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Murakami
2008
Tainai
2005
Shibata
2003
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Agano
2004
Gosen
2005
Aga
2005
Tsubame
2006
Sanjō
2005
Nagaoka
2005
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Kashiwazaki
2005
Tōkamachi
2005
Uonuma
2004
Minamiuonuma
2004
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Jōetsu
2005
Myōkō (Arai)
2005
Itoigawa
2005
Sado
2004
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