Ōshima, Niigata


Ōshima was a village located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,312 and a density of 32.27 persons per km². The total area was 71.64 km².
On January 1, 2005, Ōshima, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki and Uragawara, the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa, and the town of Nadachi, was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.
Since the merger, the village has been Ōshima-ku, a subdivision of Jōetsu City.

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