Country Japan Area 16.82 km² Region Hokuriku region | Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Population 32,382 (2005) Flower Rhododendron indicum | |
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Merged March 21, 2005
(now part of Niigata) Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) District Nakakanbara District, Niigata | ||
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. As of April 1, 2007, the area is part of the Kōnan-ku ward.
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