Uonuma, Niigata

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Uonuma (魚沼市, Uonuma-shi^?) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of 946.93 km² and a population of 45,026 (as of March 31, 2004).

[edit] History

The city was established on November 1, 2004 in a merger of Horinouchi, Koide, Yunotani, Hirokami, Sumon and Irihirose.

[edit] Notable Natives

• Ken Watanabe, actor in many Japanese and American productions.
• Akira Sakurai, noted electrophysiologist and pioneer in the analysis of biphasic plasticity of synaptic transmission in the molluscan brain.^{[citation needed]}

Niigata Prefecture
Niigata City
Kita-ku | Higashi-ku | Chūō-ku | Kōnan-ku | Akiha-ku | Minami-ku | Nishi-ku | Nishikan-ku
Cities
Agano | Gosen | Itoigawa | Jōetsu | Kamo | Kashiwazaki | Minamiuonuma | Mitsuke | Murakami | Myōkō | Nagaoka | Niigata (capital) | Ojiya | Sado | Sanjō | Shibata | Tainai | Tōkamachi | Tsubame | Uonuma
Districts
Higashikanbara | Iwafune | Kariwa | Kitakanbara | Kitauonuma | Minamikanbara | Minamiuonuma | Nakauonuma | Nishikanbara | Santō
See also: Towns and villages by district edit

Coordinates: 37°14′N, 138°58′E