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    Agano (阿賀野市, Agano-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019[update], the city had an estimated population of 41,204 in 14...
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    Niigata (新潟市, Niigata-shi, [niːɡata]) is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (Kaetsu area [ja]). It is the capital and the most...
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  • Look up agano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agano may refer to: Agano, Niigata, a city in Niigata prefecture, Japan Agano River, a river in the...
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    the first pumped-storage power plant in Japan. Agano River near Kitakata Agano River in Kōnan-ku, Niigata, 5/5/2007 "日本の川 - 北陸 - 阿賀野川 - 国土交通省水管理・国土保全局"...
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  • total of 690 people from the Agano River basin have been certified as patients of Niigata Minamata disease. Since the Niigata outbreak was the second recorded...
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    The city is located between the Shinano River on the east side, and the Agano River on the west side. The Niitsu River (Noudai River) flows between these...
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    Hasagi Street Niitsu River and Niitsu Library Niigata Prefecture Konan-ku, Niigata Minami-ku, Niigata Gosen Agano Tagami Akiha-ku has a Humid climate (Köppen...
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  • Japanese] Nara Dreamland, Nara, Nara Prefecture (1961–2006) Niigata Russian Village, Agano, Niigata Prefecture (1993–2002) Orbi (2013–2020) Orbi Osaka (2016–2018)...
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    region of north-central Niigata Prefecture. The Agano River flows through the city. Niigata Prefecture Aga Akiha-ku, Niigata Agano Kamo Sanjō Tagami The...
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    Expressway. Niigata Prefecture Kita-ku, Niigata Higashi-ku, Niigata Chūō-ku, Niigata Akiha-ku, Niigata Minami-ku, Niigata Nishi-ku, Niigata Agano The area...
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    Niigata Prefecture (新潟県, Niigata-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July...
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    Suibara Station (category Agano, Niigata)
    the city of Agano, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the main train station for the city of Agano. Suibara Station...
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    the areas covered by this district are as follows: Niigata Kita Akiha Shibata Murakami Gosen Agano Tainai Kitakanbara District Higashikanbara District...
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    town. Fukushima Prefecture Kaneyama Kitakata Nishiaizu Tadami Niigata Prefecture Agano Gosen Sanjō Shibata Aga has a humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized...
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  • chemical factory in the village released methylmercury into the Agano River and caused Niigata Minamata disease. 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005...
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    Kamiyama Station (category Agano, Niigata)
    Kamiyama Station (神山駅, Kamiyama eki) is a railway station in the city of Agano, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Kamiyama Station...
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    of Japan. Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata Niigata Prefecture Aga Agano Kita-ku, Niigata Seiro Tainai Yamagata Prefecture Oguni Shibata has a Humid climate...
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    north-east Niigata city, and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the north. Niigata Prefecture Agano Higashi-ku, Niigata Kōnan-ku, Niigata Seiro Shibata...
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    Toyomi Dam (category Dams in Niigata Prefecture)
    Toyomi Dam (豊実ダム) is a dam in Agano, Niigata, Japan, completed in 1929. "Toyomi Dam [Niigata Pref.]". damnet.or.jp. Retrieved 2 November 2019. v t e v...
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  • patients in Niigata Prefecture exhibited signs of Minamata disease. Niigata Minamata was caused by methylmercury poisoning in the Agano River basin....
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    Kitakanbara (北蒲原郡, Kitakanbara-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of...
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  • best-known films were Living On the River Agano, which describes people around the Agano River where incidents of Niigata Minamata disease were discovered, and...
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    Lake Hyōko (category Agano, Niigata)
    Hyōko (瓢湖) is a 281-hectare (690-acre) reservoir area in the city of Agano, Niigata, Japan. The reservoir was created in 1639 during the Edo period of Japanese...
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    Most of the lower part of the city of Niigata is built on recent deltaic deposits from the Shinano and Agano rivers, mainly consisting of unconsolidated...
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  • Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (category Musicians from Niigata Prefecture)
    Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (関口 和之, Sekiguchi Kazuyuki, born December 21, 1955 in Niigata Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, best known for playing the bass guitar...
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    Higashi-ku (東区, Higashi-ku) is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. As of 1 September 2016[update]...
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    A former daikan's office, the Suibara Daikansho in Agano, Niigata Prefecture...
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    Kyōgase Station (category Agano, Niigata)
    Kyōgase Station (京ヶ瀬駅, Kyōgase-eki) is a railway station in the city of Agano, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Kyōgase Station...
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    pig-rearing farms. As the village is on the Niigata plain, the rich soil deposited by the Shinano and Agano River make it ideal for agriculture. As of...
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    Wajima, Noto and Anamizu, with the neighbouring prefectures of Toyama and Niigata also recording significant damage. There were 426 deaths confirmed and...
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