Arakawa, Niigata

Arakawa

荒川町
Arakawa 荒川町
Former municipality
	Location of Arakawa in Niigata Prefecture
Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Iwafune District
Merged	April 1, 2008; (now part of Murakami)
Area
• Total	36.71 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	10,792
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Tree	Camellia sasanqua

Arakawa (荒川町, Arakawa-machi) was a town located in Iwafune District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,334 and a density of 308.74 persons per km². The total area was 36.71 km². Its train station is called Sakamachi.

On April 1, 2008, Arakawa, along with the town of Sanpoku, and the villages of Asahi and Kamihayashi (all from Iwafune District), was merged into the expanded city of Murakami.^[1]^[2]

38°7′26.6″N 139°26′37.8″E / 38.124056°N 139.443833°E / 38.124056; 139.443833

References

^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2008. p. 133. Murakami-shi, Arakawa-machi, Kamihayashi-mura, Asahi-mura and Sanpoku-machi were incorporated into a newly established Murakami-shi as of April 1, 2008.
^ "県内の合併状況 - 新潟県ホームページ" [The Status of the Merger Within the Prefecture - Niigata Prefecture Homepage]. Niigata Prefecture. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

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[1] 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2008. p. 133. Murakami-shi, Arakawa-machi, Kamihayashi-mura, Asahi-mura and Sanpoku-machi were incorporated into a newly established Murakami-shi as of April 1, 2008.

[2] "県内の合併状況 - 新潟県ホームページ" [The Status of the Merger Within the Prefecture - Niigata Prefecture Homepage]. Niigata Prefecture. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	Japan