Ōshima, Niigata

Oshima 大島村
Former municipality
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Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Higashikubiki District
Merged	January 1, 2005 (now part of Jōetsu)
Area
• Total	71.64 km2 (27.66 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	2,312
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Wards in Jōetsu City.

Ōshima (大島村, Ōshima-mura) 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 (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.

Since the merger, the village has been Ōshima-ku (大島区), a subdivision of Jōetsu City.

Transportation

Railway

Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line

• Hokuhoku-Ōshima

Highway

• National Route 253
• National Route 403

See also

• Jōetsu, Niigata