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Kiyosato, Niigata

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Kiyosato (清里村, Kiyosato-mura) was a village located in Nakakubiki District, Niigata, Japan.

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

Upon the merger, Kiyosato-mura, the village, became Kiyosato-ku (清里区), the ward.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,215 and a density of 85.64 persons per km². The total area was 37.54 km².