Niigata (Japan): Prefecture, Major Cities & Towns - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Prefecture

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	A-L (km²)	Cf 1985-10-01	Cf 1995-10-01	Cf 2000-10-01	C 2005-10-01	E 2009-10-01
<	Niigata	15	Pre	新潟県	Niigata	12,584	2,478,470	2,488,364	2,475,733	2,431,459	2,383,650
	Japan	JPN			Tōkyō	372,910	121,048,923	125,570,246	126,925,843	127,767,994	127,917,702

(1985) (1995) (2000) (2005) Statistics Bureau Japan (web).
(area) (2009) M. Higashide (http://uub.jp).

	Name	Status	Original	M Cf 1995-10-01	M Cf 2000-10-01	M C 2005-10-01	M E 2009-10-01
<	Agano (Suibara)	City	阿賀野市	48,828	48,456	47,043	45,527
<	Gosen (-Muramatsu)	City	五泉市	60,354	58,820	56,962	55,015
<	Itoigawa	City	糸魚川市	54,780	53,021	49,844	47,781
<	Joetsu	City	上越市	212,060	211,870	208,082	204,193
<	Kamo	City	加茂市	33,800	33,085	31,482	30,148
<	Kashiwazaki	City	柏崎市	101,427	97,896	94,648	92,379
<	Minamiuonuma (Muika)	City	南魚沼市	66,118	65,492	63,329	61,586
<	Mitsuke	City	見附市	43,760	43,526	42,668	41,809
<	Murakami	City	村上市	75,591	73,902	70,705	67,223
<	Myoko (Arai)	City	妙高市	40,744	39,699	37,831	35,948
<	Nagaoka	City	長岡市	293,250	292,887	288,457	284,092
<	Niigata	City	新潟市	796,456	808,969	813,847	812,223
<	Ojiya	City	小千谷市	42,494	41,641	39,956	38,858
<	Sado	City	佐渡市	74,949	72,173	67,386	63,328
<	Sanjō {Sanjo}	City	三条市	109,584	107,662	104,749	102,175
<	Shibata	City	新発田市	106,563	106,016	104,634	102,202
<	Tainai (Nakajō)	City	胎内市	34,830	34,278	32,813	31,527
<	Tōkamachi {Tokamachi}	City	十日町市	67,962	65,033	62,058	59,258
<	Tsubame	City	燕市	84,051	84,297	83,269	82,214
<	Uonuma (Koide)	City	魚沼市	46,490	45,386	43,555	41,478

(1995) (2000) Statistics Bureau Japan (web).
(2005) (2009) M. Higashide (http://uub.jp).
Note: The population figures are adjusted according to the municipal boundaries of April 2010.