Kaga, Ishikawa
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- This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga Province.
 Kaga's location in Ishikawa, Japan. |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Hokuriku) |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 306 km² (118 sq mi) |
| Population (as of April 2008) | |
| Total | 73,492 |
| Density | 240 /km² (622 /sq mi) |
| Location | |
| Symbols | |
| Kaga Government Office | |
| Mayor | Jin Ōsaka |
| Address | 〒922-8622 2-41 Minami-chō, Daishōji, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa-ken |
| Phone number | 0761-72-1111 |
| Official website: City of Kaga | |
Kaga (加賀市 Kaga-shi?) is a city located in the southwest of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Created as an old temple town, the city was greatly developed by the Maeda clan in the early Edo period. The original city was founded on January 1, 1958. The modern Kaga was established in October 1, 2005 by merger of the former city of Kaga and town of Yamanaka in Enuma District.
Today, Kaga is an important tourist city with a number of temples and hot-springs.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Kaga travel guide from Wikitravel
- Official website in Japanese
- Official website in English
- Official Kaga Tourist Information Site in English
- Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism Guide in English
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| Hakui | Hakusan | Kaga | Kahoku | Kanazawa (capital) | Komatsu | Nanao | Nomi | Suzu | Wajima | |||
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| Hakui | Hōsu | Ishikawa | Kahoku | Kashima | Nomi | |||
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