Niigata (city) (jpn)

Niigata (city)

Niigata (city) ranks 615th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Alexandria, Virginia, Le Havre, and Vyborg. Memorable people born in Niigata (city) include Rumiko Takahashi, Hitoshi Igarashi, and Ango Sakaguchi. Memorable people who died in Niigata (city) include Kyusaku Ogino. Niigata (city) has been the birth place of many soccer players, and comic artists and the death place of many physicians. Niigata (city) is located in Japan.

Niigata is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture. It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the most populous city on the west coast of Honshu, and the second populous city in Chūbu region after Nagoya. It faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island. As of 1 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 779,049, and a population density of 1,072 persons per km2. The total area is 726.45 square kilometres (280.48 sq mi). Greater Niigata, the Niigata Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$43.3 billion as of 2010. Read more on Wikipedia