Maki
Maki was a town located in the Nishikanbara District of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The town merged into Niigata city in October 2005 and now forms part of the Nishikan Ward of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 29,000 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Nishikanbara district, Niigata prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Maki, Niigata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maki Station and Maki Post Office.
Maki Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maki Station is a railway station in Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Ayamezuka Kofun
Archaeological site
The Ayamezuka Kofun is a keyhole-shaped kofun burial mound located in the Takenomachi neighborhood of Nishikan-ku, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1938. Ayamezuka Kofun is situated 2½ km west of Maki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yahiko.
Yahiko
Village
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yahiko is a village located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019, the village had an estimated population of 7,824, and a population density of 311 persons per km2. The total area of the village was 25.17 square kilometres. Yahiko is situated 9 km southwest of Maki.
Maki
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Nishikan-ku, Niigata, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.76134° or 37° 45′ 41″ northLongitude
138.8961° or 138° 53′ 46″ eastPopulation
29,000Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8Q9WQV6W+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 11145437031OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
1857751Wikidata ID
Q6739465
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Maki” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maki”
- Chinese: “卷町”
- French: “Maki”
- Irish: “Maki”
- Japanese: “まき”
- Japanese: “巻”
- Japanese: “巻村”
- Japanese: “巻町”
- Japanese: “真木”
- Korean: “마키정”
- Persian: “ماکی، نیگاتا”
- Persian: “ماکی”
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