Maki, Niigata (Kubiki)

Maki (牧村, Maki-mura) was a village located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Maki literally means "meadow", although the name of this town is written as "scroll" by a homonym to distinguish from another Maki in the same prefecture. The town had no special relationship with the other town.

The village was established in 1901 by merging Kawabe, Kawakami, and Kunimi Villages.

Maki had a population of 2,940 as of January 1, 2003.

Etymologically maki means "meadow".

On January 1, 2005, Maki, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Ōshima and Uragawara (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.

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Maki, Niigata

Maki, Niigata is the name of several places:

Maki, Niigata (Kanbara)

Maki (巻町, Maki-machi) was a town located in the Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Maki literally means "meadow", although the name of this town is written as "scroll" by a homonym to distinguish from another Maki in the same prefecture. The town had no special relationship with the other town.

The population of Maki, as of April 2005, was 29,039.

The town was established as a village in 1889 by merging Shimo-maki Village and others, then promoted to a town in 1891.

On January 1, 2006, Maki was merged into the expanded city of Niigata. As of April 1, 2007, the area is part of the Nishi-ku and Nishikan-ku Wards.

Kubiki

Kubiki [kuˈbiki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielgomłyny, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Wielgomłyny, 18 km (11 mi) east of Radomsko, and 85 km (53 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.

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Coordinates: 51°02′21″N 19°41′26″E / 51.03917°N 19.69056°E / 51.03917; 19.69056