Niigata 3rd District
is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district was created as part of the move from mult-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives. Areas Covered Current District As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows: * Niigata (city) ** Kita ** Akiha * Shibata * Murakami * Gosen * Agano * Tainai * Kitakanbara District * Higashikanbara District * Iwafune District As part of the 2022 redistricting, Kita ward is now fully under the jurisdiction of the 3rd district, and Akiha Ward was gained from the 4th district. Areas from 2013-2022 From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows: * Niigata (city) ** Kita Ward (Former city of Toyosaka) *** Centra Government Office (excluding Hosoyama, Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoshi) *** Sumireno 4 within North Branch Office j ...
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Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast. Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Jōetsu, and Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture co