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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Yoshida
| official_name = 
| native_name = {{nobold|吉田町}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| other_name = 
| image_skyline = Imai Family Residence-2.jpg
| image_caption = Imai Residence
| image_flag = Flag of Yoshida, Niigata (1962–2006).svg
| image_seal = Emblem of Yoshida, Niigata (1962–2006).svg
| map_caption = Location of Yoshida in [[Niigata Prefecture]]
| pushpin_map = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Japan
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Hokuriku region|Hokuriku]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Niigata Prefecture]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Japan|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Nishikanbara District, Niigata|Nishikanbara District]]
| extinct_title = Merged
| extinct_date = March 20, 2006<br />(now part of [[Tsubame, Niigata|Tsubame]])
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = 
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 32.00
| population_total = 24,937
| population_as_of = 2005
| timezone1 = [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
| utc_offset1 = +09:00
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 
| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address
| blank_info_sec1 = 
| module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes
 | tree = [[Viburnum odoratissimum]]
 | flower = 
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}}
}}
[[File:Amalgamation_SanjoTsubame_jp.svg|thumb|3 former municipalities merged to create the new [[Tsubame, Niigata|Tsubame City]] (blue area)]]
{{nihongo|'''Yoshida'''|吉田町|Yoshida-machi}} was a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Nishikanbara District, Niigata|Nishikanbara District]], [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Yoshida is now a part of the expanded city of [[Tsubame, Niigata|Tsubame]].

As of April 1, 2005, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 24,937. The total area was 32.00&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}}

On March 20, 2006, Yoshida, along with the town of [[Bunsui, Niigata|Bunsui]] (also from [[Nishikanbara District, Niigata|Nishikanbara District]]), was merged into the expanded city of [[Tsubame, Niigata|Tsubame]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsbKKmrDP9cC |title=住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 |date=2006 |publisher=総務庁統計局 |pages=135 |language=ja |quote=Tsubame-shi, Yoshida-machi and Bunsui-machi were incorporated into a newly established Tsubame-shi as of March 20, 2006.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=合併情報{{!}}燕市 |url=https://www.city.tsubame.niigata.jp/soshiki/kikaku_zaisei/1/8/2762.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=燕市 |language=ja |quote=2006年3月20日、燕市、吉田町、分水町が合併して「燕市」が誕生しました。}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Railway===
* [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] [[JR East]] - [[Echigo Line]]
** {{STN|Aōzu|x}} - {{STN|Minami-Yoshida|x}} - {{STN|Yoshida|x}} - {{STN|Kita-Yoshida|x}}
* [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] JR East - [[Yahiko Line]]
** Yoshida

===Highway===
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|116}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|289}}

== References ==
{{Reference list}}{{Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture]]
[[Category:Tsubame, Niigata]]


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