Kaga, Ishikawa
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- This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga province.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 76,578 and the density of 250.26 persons per km². The total area is 305.99 km².
The city was founded on January 1, 1958.
The new Kaga city was established in October 1, 2005 by merger of the old Kaga city and Yamanaka town in Enuma District.
Created as an old temple town, the city was greatly developed by the Maeda family in the early Edo period.
Today, Kaga is an important tourist city with a number of temples and hot-springs.
External links
- [Official website] in Japanese
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