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Niigata city
新潟市
新潟
alternative words: Niigatashi city, Niigatashi, Niigata shi, Niigata
keywords:
town
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world cup
related topics:
Niigata prefecture
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Sado island
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Shinano river
related web sites:
http://www.city.niigata.niigata.jp
explanation: Located at the delta of 2 big rivers, Shinano and Abukuma, Niigata has developed during Edo period as a harbor to collect the rice. Opened in 1858 to foreigners, it has become the biggest harbor of Hokuriku region with links to Sado island and Vladivostok. A reserve of natural gas and oil gave the birth of petroleum and chemical industry, but the exploration has stopped due to a subsidence. Some matches of soccer world cup 2002 will be organized there. The population is a half million.
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