Joetsu [city] - Joetsu

Japanese: 上越[市] - じょうえつ

A city in the southwest of Niigata Prefecture. Located in the lower reaches of the Arakawa River, it occupies almost the entire Takada Plain as well as the western half of the Higashikubiki Hills. In 1971, Takada City and Naoetsu City merged to form a city. Takada developed from an early modern castle town, and has the character of a commercial district, with castle ruins parks and samurai residences still remaining. Naoetsu faces the mouth of the Arakawa River and is home to Naoetsu Port, making it a coastal industrial district for heavy chemical industries where large companies such as non-ferrous metals, steel, and machinery companies are concentrated. The city is connected to Sado Island by the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Shinetsu Main Line, Echigo Tokimeki Railway, and Hokuriku Expressway. The urban areas between Takada and Naoetsu are also tending to become a single zone with commercial facilities, and are developing as the center of the southwestern part of the prefecture. In January 2005, the towns of Yasuzuka, Urakawara, Oshima, and Maki in Higashikubiki County, the towns of Kakizaki, Ogata, Yoshikawa, Itakura, Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakago, and Miwa in Nakakubiki County, and the town of Nadachi in Nishikubiki County were incorporated. Area: 973.81 ^km2 . Population: 203,899 (2010).
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Japanese:

新潟県南西部の市。荒川下流部に位置し高田平野のほぼ全域のほか，東頸城(ひがしくびき)丘陵の西半を占める。1971年高田市と直江津市が合体して市制。高田は近世の城下町から発達，城跡公園，士族屋敷がいまも残り，商業地域的性格をもつ。直江津は荒川河口に臨んで直江津港があり，非鉄金属，鉄鋼，機械など大企業の集中する重化学工業の臨海工業地区をなす。北陸新幹線，信越本線，えちごトキめき鉄道，北陸自動車道が通じ，佐渡島との間に航路も通じる。高田と直江津の間の市街地も，商業施設などによって一帯化の傾向が見られ，県南西部の中心地として発展している。2005年１月東頸城郡安塚町，浦川原村，大島村，牧村，中頸城郡柿崎町，大潟町，吉川町，板倉町，清里村，頸城村，中郷村，三和村，西頸城郡名立町を編入。973.81km²。20万3899人（2010）。
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