Joetsu

Jōetsu is a city in , . The city is best known for its port, Naoetsu, which has given its name to the main train station as well. And old city area Takada.
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  • Type: City with 188,000 residents
  • Description: city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Jōetsu”, “Joetsu City”, “Joetsu-shi”, “Jōetsu-shi”, and “Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kasugayama Station and Region Plaza Joetsu.

Railway station
is a railway station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan operated by the third-sector operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Public building
is the multi-purpose facilities in Jōetsu, Niigata, .

Town hall
is a town hall.

Joetsu

Latitude
37.1479° or 37° 8′ 52″ north
Longitude
138.236° or 138° 14′ 9″ east
Population
188,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP JTS
Open location code
8Q9W46XP+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 752398522
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6825489
Wiki­data ID
Q582289
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Joetsu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جويتسو، نييغاتا
  • Arabic: جويتسو
  • Armenian: Ձյոեցու
  • Asturian: Jōetsu
  • Belarusian: Дзёэцу
  • Bengali: জোয়েতসো
  • Bulgarian: Йоецу
  • Catalan: Jōetsu
  • Cebuano: Jōetsu
  • Chechen: Дзёэцу
  • Chinese: Zyôetu-chhī
  • Chinese: 上越
  • Chinese: 上越市
  • Czech: Džóecu
  • Danish: Joetsu
  • Dutch: Joetsu
  • Esperanto: Ĝoecu
  • Finnish: Jōetsu
  • French: Jōetsu
  • Galician: Jōetsu
  • German: Joetsu
  • German: Jōetsu
  • Greek: Τζόετσου
  • Gujarati: જોત્સુ
  • Hebrew: ג’ואצו
  • Hindi: जोएत्सु
  • Hungarian: Dzsóecu
  • Indonesian: Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Indonesian: Jōetsu
  • Irish: Jōetsu
  • Italian: Jōetsu
  • Japanese: Jōetsu-shi
  • Japanese: じょうえつし
  • Japanese: 上越
  • Japanese: 上越市
  • Kannada: ಜೋಟ್ಸು
  • Korean: 조에쓰 시
  • Korean: 조에쓰시
  • Latvian: Džoetsu
  • Literary Chinese: 上越市
  • Lithuanian: Džoetsu
  • Malay: Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Malay: Joetsu
  • Marathi: जोतेसु
  • Mazanderani: جوئتسو، نیگاتا
  • Mazanderani: جوئتسو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Zyôetu-chhī
  • Mongolian: Жоэцү
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Joetsu
  • Norwegian: Jōetsu
  • Persian: جوئتسو، نیگاتا
  • Persian: جوئتسو
  • Polish: Jōetsu
  • Portuguese: Joetsu
  • Romanian: Joetsu
  • Romanian: Jōetsu
  • Russian: Дзёэцу
  • Serbian: Ђоецу
  • Serbian: Џоецу
  • Serbo-Croatian: Džoecu
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jōetsu
  • Sinhala: ජෝඑට්සු
  • South Azerbaijani: جوئتسو، نیقاتا
  • South Azerbaijani: جوئتسو
  • Spanish: Jōetsu
  • Swedish: Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Swedish: Jōetsu
  • Tagalog: Joetsu, Niigata
  • Tagalog: Joetsu
  • Tajik: Ҷоетсу
  • Tamil: ஜுட்ச்சு
  • Tatar: Дзёэцу
  • Tatar: Җоетсу
  • Telugu: జోఏస్తూ
  • Thai: โจเอ็ตสึ
  • Thai: โจเอะสึ
  • Turkish: Jōetsu
  • Ukrainian: Джьоецу
  • Ukrainian: Дзьоецу
  • Urdu: جوئیتسو، نیگاتا
  • Urdu: جوئیتسو
  • Venetian: Jōetsu
  • Vietnamese: Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Vietnamese: Jōetsu
  • Waray (Philippines): Jōetsu, Niigata
  • Waray (Philippines): Jōetsu
  • Yue Chinese: 上越
  • Jōetsu
  • Jōetsu-shi

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