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Encyclopedia > Agano, Niigata

Agano (阿賀野市, -shi) is a city located in Japan. It has an area of 192.72 kmē and a population of 48,779 (as of November 1, 2004)


History

The city was established on April 1, 2004 in a merger of Yasuda, Suibara, Kyogase, and Sasakami.



  Niigata Prefecture
Cities
Agano | Arai | Gosen | Itoigawa | Joetsu | Kamo | Kashiwazaki | Minamiuonuma | Mitsuke | Murakami | Nagaoka | Niigata (capital) | Niitsu | Ojiya | Ryotsu (present Sado) | Sado | Sanjo | Shibata | Shirone | Tochio | Tokamachi | Toyosaka | Tsubame | Uonuma
Districts
Higashikanbara | Higashikubiki | Iwafune | Kariwa | Kitakanbara | Kitauonuma | Koshi | Minamikanbara | Minamiuonuma | Nakakanbara | Nakakubiki | Nakauonuma | Nishikanbara | Nishikubiki | Santo





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Niigata, Niigata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (763 words)
Niigata was one of the four cities besides Hiroshima, Kokura, and Nagasaki picked for the atomic bomb drop if Japan did not surrender during World War II, as such, it was already a large port city.
Niigata is situated on a fertile coastal plain on the Sea of Japan coast, facing Sado Island.
Niigata airport is well known as the entrance airport of Japan from the far east.
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