Sawata, Niigata Former municipality in Hokuriku, JapanSawata佐和田町Former municipalityFlagSealCountryJapanRegionHokurikuPrefectureNiigata PrefectureDistrictSado DistrictMergedMarch 1, 2004(now part of Sado)Area • Total47.7 km2 (18.4 sq mi)Population (2004) • Total9,909Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST) 10 subdivisions (former municipalities) in the Sado City. Sawata is located on the west of the island. Sawata (佐和田町, Sawata-machi) was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1] 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. TransportationBusNiigata Kotsu Sado Sawata Bus StationHighway National Route 350See alsoSado, NiigataReferences ^ "佐和田町" (PDF). Niigata Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2004. External linksSado Tourism Association (in English)Dissolved municipalities of Niigata PrefectureNiigata2001 Kurosaki 2005 Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata Murakami2008 Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku Tainai2005 Kurokawa Nakajō Shibata2003 Toyoura 2005 Kajikawa Shiunji Agano2004 Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda Gosen2005 Muramatsu Aga2005 Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa Tsubame2006 Bunsui Yoshida Sanjō2005 Sakae Shitada Nagaoka2005 Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi 2006 Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita 2010 Kawaguchi Kashiwazaki2005 Nishiyama Takayanagi Tōkamachi2005 Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato Uonuma2004 Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani Minamiuonuma2004 Muikamachi Yamato 2005 Shiozawa Jōetsu2005 Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa Myōkō (Arai)2005 Myōkō Myōkōkōgen Itoigawa2005 Nō Ōmi Sado2004 Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata List of mergers in Niigata PrefectureAuthority control databases InternationalVIAFWorldCatNationalJapan
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