Shitada, Niigata

Shitada (下田しもだ村むら, Shitada-mura) was a village located in Minamikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 11,118 and a density of 35.75 persons per km². The total area was 311.00 km².

On May 1, 2005, Shitada, along with the town of Sakae (also from Minamikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of Sanjō.^[1]^[2]

Transportation[edit]

JNR Yahiko Line had been operated in the village until 1984.

^ 住民じゅうみん基本きほん台帳だいちょう人口じんこう移動いどう報告ほうこく年報ねんぽう (in Japanese). 総務庁そうむちょう統計とうけい局きょく. 2005. p. 139. Sanjo-shi, Sakae-machi and Shitada-mura were incorporated into a newly established Sanjo-shi as of May 1, 2005.
^ 荒川あらかわ区く. "新潟にいがた県けん三条さんじょう市し". 荒川あらかわ区く公式こうしきサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 三条さんじょう市しは、新潟にいがた県けんのほぼ中央ちゅうおうに位置いちし、平成へいせい17年ねん5月がつ1日にちに三条さんじょう市し・栄さかえ町まち・下田しもだ村むらの3市町村しちょうそんが合併がっぺいし誕生たんじょうしたまちです。

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