Kōnan-ku | |
Official Name: | Kōnan Ward |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Ward |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | |
Coordinates: | 37.8676°N 139.094°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kōshin'etsu, Hokuriku (Chūbu) |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Niigata |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Niigata |
Area Total Km2: | 75.42 |
Population Total: | 68413 |
Population As Of: | September 1, 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Kōnan Ward Office |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 3-4-5 Izumi-Chō, Kōnan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken 950-0195 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
Blank Info Sec2: | 025-383-1000 |
is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan., the ward had an estimated population of 68,413 in 27,027 households[1] and a population density of 913 persons per km². The total area of the ward was 75.42sqkm.
Kōnan-ku is located in an inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture, near the centre of Niigata City, directly south of the central Chūō-ku. The ward is bordered by Agano River, Koagano River, Shinano River, and the Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway.
The area of present-day Kōnan-ku was part of ancient Echigo Province. The modern town of Kameda and the village of Yokogoshi were established on April 1, 1889 within Nakakanbara District, Niigata with the establishment of the municipalities system..
Yokogoshi was raised to town status on November 1, 1996. The city of Niigata annexed Kameda and Yokogoshi on March 21, 2005. Niigata became a government-designated city on April 1, 2007 and was divided into wards, with the new Kōnan Ward consisting of the former town of Kameda, village of Yokogoshi, and the, and neighbourhoods of southern Niigata City.[2]
Kōnan-ku has 11 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the Niigata city government. There is one public high school operated by the Niigata Prefectural Board of Education (Niigata Kōyō High School), and one private combined middle/high school (Niigata Meikun High School).