Niigata (新潟県, niigataken ) is a prefecture Japan located at the north of Honshū.

History

The prefecture of Niigata comes from the fusion of two old provinces: Echigo and Sadomasochistic and acquired its current form in May 1886, after the consecutive reform of the prefectures to the fall of the Shogun At of Edo.

Since 1858, the prefecture of Niigata constituted the only commercial interface of Japan with the rest of the world with the opening of the Port of Niigata following a treaty of friendship with the the United States of America. Counters principalements étasuniens, Dutch and British were established there.

Thereafter, the Japanese imperial government authorized the opening on the world of other ports around Niigata, such as Kōbe, Yokohama or Nagasaki.

Geography

The prefecture of Niigata extends from south-west in the North-East of the principal island of the Japan, Honshū, on approximately 240 km along the Mer of Japan which borders it in the west; it is formed by a coastal plain between the mountains and the sea, and includes/understands also the island of Sado.

It is surrounded of the prefectures of Yamagata, Fukushima, Gunma, Nagano and Toyama.

Because of its form, the prefecture of Niigata is often called the “Small island of Honshū”. One can regard it as belonging to two Japanese areas, Hokuriku or Koshinetsu, each one regarded as parts of largest the Région of Chūbu.

It is the host of the mouths of the river Shinano, longest Fleuve of Japan.

The prefecture is generally divided into four geographical areas:

• In “small Hinshū”:
• Joetsu (in south-west),
• Chuetsu (in the center) and
• Kaetsu (in the North-West);
• the island of Sadomasochistic.

Cities

20 cities (municipalities) are located in the prefecture of Niigata:

Districts and villages

In addition to the municipalities ( ku in Japanese), those are gathered with the other villages and hamlets ( muro ) in districts. Prefecture of Niigata compend thus 10 following districts, named according to their city or village chief town and which include/understand also the villages and hamlets ǂ listed with them: ǂ : The hamlets should be dissolved after their fusion in the other villages.

Economy

Demography

Culture

Tourism

Other

External bonds

• Official site of the prefecture

Zh-min-nan: Nîgata-koān Zh-yue: 新潟縣

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