Tokamachi, Niigata
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Tōkamachi (十日町市; -shi) is a city located in Niigata, Japan.
As of March 31, 2006, the new city has an estimated population of 63,135. The total area of the new city is 589.92 km², including the post-Creation undefined boundary areas.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Adjoining communities
From the north, following Tokamachi's border counterclockwise:
- Ojiya
- Nagaoka
- Kashiwazaki
- Joetsu
- Sakae, Shimominochi District, Nagano
- Tsunan, Nakauonuma District
- Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District
- Minamiuonuma
- Uonuma
- Kawaguchi, Kitauonuma District
[edit] Municipal timeline
- March 31, 1954
- The city was founded.
- October 23, 2004
- The city was strucked by the Chuetsu Earthquake.
- April 1, 2005
- The city (1st) merged with 4 municipalities (2 from Nakauonuma District, 2 from now-defunct Higashikubiki District) to create the new city of Tokamachi (2nd).
[edit] External links
- Tokamachi official website in Japanese
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Cities | |||
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Agano | Gosen | Itoigawa | Joetsu | Kamo | Kashiwazaki | Minamiuonuma | Mitsuke | Murakami | Myoko | Nagaoka | Niigata (capital) | Ojiya | Sado | Sanjo | Shibata | Tainai | Tokamachi | Tsubame | Uonuma | |||
Districts | |||
Higashikanbara | Iwafune | Kariwa | Kitakanbara | Kitauonuma | Minamikanbara | Minamiuonuma | Nakauonuma | Nishikanbara | Santo | |||
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