Sakae, Niigata

Sakae (栄町, Sakae-machi) was a town located in Minamikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,656 and a density of 257.76 persons per km². The total area was 45.22 km².

On May 1, 2005, Sakae, along with the village of Shitada (also from Minamikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of Sanjō.^[1][2]

References

1. 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Sanjo-shi, Sakae-machi and Shitada-mura were incorporated into a newly established Sanjo-shi as of May 1, 2005.
2. 荒川区. "新潟県三条市". 荒川区公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 三条市は、新潟県のほぼ中央に位置し、平成17年5月1日に三条市・栄町・下田村の3市町村が合併し誕生したまちです。