Shitada (下田村, Shitada-mura) was a village located in Minamikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 11,118 and a density of 35.75 persons per km2.

On May 1, 2005, Shitada, along with the town of Sakae (also from Minamikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of Sanjō.

[1][2] JNR Yahiko Line had been operated in the village until 1984.

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