Tsubame, Niigata

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Tsubame (燕市)
Country	Japan
Region	Chubu
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
Area	110.88km²
Population	84,697 as of March 1, 2006
Mayor	Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林清)
City symbols	Tree	undeceided
	Flower	undeceided
	Other Symbols
Tsubame City Hall
Address	〒959-0295
Niigata-ken, Tsubame-shi, Yoshida-Hinode-cho 1-1
Phone	0256-92-2111
External link	Official website in Japanese
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Tsubame (燕市; -shi) is a city located in Niigata, Japan.

The city was founded on March 31, 1954 by merging with 4 towns and villages. Nearly 52 years later on March 20, 2006, the old Tsubame merged with Bunsui and Yoshida from Nishikanbara District to form the new city of Tsubame.

1 Municipal Timeline
2 Government
- 2.1 Data of the old city
- 2.2 Mergers
3 Sister Cities
4 External links

[edit] Municipal Timeline

March 31, 1954-The city of Tsubame was founded by merging with 4 towns and villags.
March 20, 2006-The old Tsubame merged with the towns of Bunsui and Yoshida from Nishikanbara District to form the new city of Tsubame.

[edit] Government

The current mayor is Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the last mayor of the town of Bunsui.

[edit] Data of the old city

Data for the (Former) city of Tsubame
Area	39.27km²
Total Population	44,074人 (November 30, 2005)
surrounding municipalities	Niigata、Sanjo、Yoshida(Nishikanbara District)、Bunsui(Nishikanbara District)
tree	pine
flower	dandelion

This data introduces about the former city of Tsubame, which existed from March 31, 1954 to March 19, 2006.

(Former) Tsubame city hall was located to their current Tsubame Satellite Office (2-7-27, Hakusan-Cho), but prior to this merger, the office is now located at the (former) Yoshida Town Hall.

[edit] Mergers

As written above, on March 20, 2006, the old city of Tsubame merged with the towns of Bunsui and Yoshida from Nishikanbara District to form the new city of Tsubame.