Yoita (与板町, Yoita-machi) was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Yoita
与板町
Former municipality
Flag of Yoita
Official seal of Yoita
CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
MergedJanuary 1, 2006
(now part of Nagaoka)
Area
 • Total20.05 km2 (7.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total7,380
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
10 municipalities merged into Nagaoka City

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.[1][2]

Transportation edit

 
Yoita Bridge(ja:与板橋)

Railway edit

Echigo Kotsu Nagaoka Line(ja:越後交通長岡線) had been operated in the town until 1975.

Highway edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "市町村合併に伴う町名変更一覧". Nagaoka City (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2006. p. 135. Tochio-shi, Washima‐mura, Teradomari‐machi and Yoita‐machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of January 1, 2006.