Kiryu [city] - Kiryu

Japanese: 桐生[市] - きりゅう

A city in the eastern part of Gunma Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1921. It occupies the southwest foot of the Ashio Mountains, the basin of the Watarase River and its tributary, the Kiryu River, and the mountainous area east of Mount Akagi. The city center, located at the confluence of the two rivers, has been a market town for silk and textiles since the late Middle Ages. In the early modern period, the Kiryu Silk Market was opened, and silk textiles developed significantly when they came under the protection of the shogunate. After World War II, the city produced a lot of obi fabric, omeshi, clothing fabric, and clothing lining, which have been highly praised overseas, but have been stagnating. Instead, general machinery and electrical equipment industries have developed, and they now account for about 60% of the city's manufactured goods shipment value (2001). It is served by the Ryomo Line and Tobu Kiryu Line, and is the starting point of the Watarase Keikoku Railway and Jomo Electric Railway. In June 2005, the Seta District villages of Niisato and Kurohone were incorporated. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 274.45 ^{km 2} . 121,704 people (2010).
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Japanese:

群馬県東部の市。1921年市制。足尾山地の南西麓，渡良瀬川と支流の桐生川流域及び赤城山東方の山地一帯を占める。両川の合流点にある中心市街は，中世末期以来の絹と織物の市場町で，近世には桐生絹市が開かれ，絹織物が幕府の保護を受けるに及んで著しく発展。第２次世界大戦後は帯地，御召，服地，服裏地などの生産が多く，海外でも高い評価を得ているが，停滞傾向にある。代わって一般機器，電気機器工業が発展，市の製造品出荷額の約６割（2001）を占めるようになった。両毛線，東武桐生線が通じ，わたらせ渓谷鉄道，上毛電鉄の起点。2005年６月勢田郡新里村，黒保根村を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。274.45km²。12万1704人（2010）。
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