Kameda, Niigata

Kameda 亀田町
Former municipality
Flag Emblem
Location of Kameda in Niigata Prefecture
Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Nakakanbara District
Merged	March 21, 2005 (now part of Niigata)
Area
• Total	16.82 km2 (6.49 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	32,382
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Flower	Rhododendron indicum
Tree	Pine

Kameda (亀田町, Kameda-machi) was a town located in Nakakanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 32,386 and a density of 1,925.45 persons per km². The total area was 16.82 km².

On March 21, 2005, Kameda, along with the cities of Niitsu, Shirone and Toyosaka, the towns of Kosudo and Yokogoshi (all from Nakakanbara District), the town of Nishikawa, and the villages of Ajikata, Iwamuro, Katahigashi, Nakanokuchi and Tsukigata (all from Nishikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of Niigata.^[1] As of April 1, 2007, the area is part of the Kōnan-ku ward.

See also

• Kōnan-ku, Niigata
• Niigata, Niigata
• Kameda Station

References

External links

• Niigata Kōnan-ku website (in Japanese)
• Welcome to Konan Ward - Niigata City (in English)

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