Yoita, Niigata
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Yoita
| official_name =
| native_name = {{nobold|与板町}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| other_name =
| image_flag = Flag of Yoita, Niigata (1955–2006).svg
| image_seal = Emblem of Yoita, Niigata (1955–2006).svg
| map_caption = Location of Yoita in Niigata Prefecture
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Japan
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Hokuriku
| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
| subdivision_name2 = Niigata Prefecture
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 =
| extinct_title = Merged
| extinct_date = January 1, 2006
(now part of Nagaoka)
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 20.05
| population_total = 7,380
| population_as_of = 2003
| timezone1 = JST
| utc_offset1 = +09:00
| postal_code_type =
| postal_code =
| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address
| blank_info_sec1 =
}}
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{{nihongo|Yoita|与板町|Yoita-machi}} was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,380 and a density of 368.08 persons per km2. The total area was 20.05 km2.
On January 1, 2006, Yoita, along with the city of Tochio, the town of Teradomari, and the village of Washima (all from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.{{Cite web |title=市町村合併に伴う町名変更一覧 |url=https://www.city.nagaoka.niigata.jp/kurashi/cate01/cyoumei/henko-zyusyo.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Nagaoka City |language=ja}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsbKKmrDP9cC |title=住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 |date=2006 |publisher=総務庁統計局 |pages=135 |language=ja |trans-title=Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register |quote=Tochio-shi, Washima‐mura, Teradomari‐machi and Yoita‐machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of January 1, 2006.}}
Transportation
=Railway=
Echigo Kotsu Nagaoka Line(:ja:越後交通長岡線) had been operated in the town until 1975.
=Highway=
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|403}}
See also
References
{{Reference list}}{{Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
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