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Yamakoshi 山古志村
Former municipality
Rice terraces in Yamakoshi
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Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
Merged	April 1, 2005 (now part of Nagaoka)
Area
• Total	39.83 km (15.38 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,035
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Yamakoshi (山古志村, Yamakoshi-mura) was a village located in Koshi District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,035 and a density of 51.09 persons per km. The total area was 39.83 km.

On April 1, 2005, Yamakoshi, along with the town of Oguni (from Kariwa District), the town of Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District), and the towns of Koshiji and Mishima (both from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.

On October 23, 2004, Yamakoshi was hit by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake.

Transportation

Highway

• National Route 291
• National Route 352

Local attractions

• Bullfighting(ja:牛の角突き)
• Rice Terraces

• Bullfighting
• Koi in Yamakoshi

References

1. 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. 2005. p. 139. Nakanoshima-machi, Koshiji-machi, Mishima-machi, Yamakoshi-mura and Oguni-machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of April 1, 2005.
2. "越路町と長岡市との合併 | 長岡市よくある質問（Q＆A）". 長岡市. Retrieved 2024-02-04. 平成17年4月1日に南蒲原郡中之島町、三島郡三島町、古志郡山古志村、刈羽郡小国町と一緒に長岡市に編入合併しました。

See also

• 2004 Chūetsu earthquake

v t e Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Niigata	2001 Kurosaki 2005 Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata
Murakami	2008 Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku
Tainai	2005 Kurokawa Nakajō
Shibata	2003 Toyoura 2005 Kajikawa Shiunji
Agano	2004 Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda
Gosen	2005 Muramatsu
Aga	2005 Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa
Tsubame	2006 Bunsui Yoshida
Sanjō	2005 Sakae Shitada
Nagaoka	2005 Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi 2006 Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita 2010 Kawaguchi
Kashiwazaki	2005 Nishiyama Takayanagi
Tōkamachi	2005 Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato
Uonuma	2004 Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani
Minamiuonuma	2004 Muikamachi Yamato 2005 Shiozawa
Jōetsu	2005 Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa
Myōkō (Arai)	2005 Myōkō Myōkōkōgen
Itoigawa	2005 Nō Ōmi
Sado	2004 Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata
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