Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shibata (新発田市; -shi) is a city located in Niigata, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 90,327 and the density of 192.37 persons per km². The total area is 469.54 km². The city was founded on January 1, 1947. External Links Official website in Japanese This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.