is a geographical region within
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 N ...
,
Japan. It includes of the cities of
Jōetsu,
Itoigawa
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 41,333, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Itoigawa is located in the far southwestern corner of ...
and
Myōkō.
History
The historical Jōetsu region is in the area of the
old provinces of
Kōzuke and
Echigo
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigat ...
. The region is traditionally known as a less developed area of Japan.
The Joetsu area is a strategic hub in the larger regional transport network.
"About Joetsu" at Joetsu City website
; retrieved 2012-4-17.
References
External links
* Niigata JET
Joetsu region
Geography of Niigata Prefecture
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