Ajikata, Niigata

Mergers of Niigata

Ajikata (味方村, Ajikata-mura) was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2005, the village had an estimated population of 4,506 and a density of 312.05 persons per km². The total area was 14.44 km².

On March 21, 2005 Ajikata, along with the cities of Niitsu, Shirone and Toyosaka, the towns of Kameda, Kosudo and Yokogoshi (all from Nakakanbara District), the town of Nishikawa, and the villages of 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 Minami-ku ward.

Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Niigata	2001 Kurosaki 2005 Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata
Murakami	2008 Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku
Tainai	2005 Kurokawa Nakajō
Shibata	2003 Toyoura 2005 Kajikawa Shiunji
Agano	2004 Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda
Gosen	2005 Muramatsu
Aga	2005 Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa
Tsubame	2006 Bunsui Yoshida
Sanjō	2005 Sakae Shitada
Nagaoka	2005 Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi 2006 Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita 2010 Kawaguchi
Kashiwazaki	2005 Nishiyama Takayanagi
Tōkamachi	2005 Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato
Uonuma	2004 Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Sumon Urasa Yunotani
Minamiuonuma	2004 Muikamachi Yamato 2005 Shiozawa
Jōetsu	2005 Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa
Myōkō (Arai)	2005 Myōkō Myōkōkōgen
Itoigawa	2005 Nō Ōmi
Sado	2004 Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano [[Kanai, Niigata|[Kanai]] Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata
List of mergers in Niigata Prefecture