Arita [city] - Arita

Japanese: 有田[市] - ありだ

A city in the western part of Wakayama Prefecture, occupying the lower reaches of the Arida River. It was incorporated as a city in 1956. Urban areas have developed around Minoshima at the mouth of the river and Hatsushima in the north, and the Kisei Main Line runs through the city. The city is a major producer of Arita mandarins, and Minoshima developed as a shipping port. The entire mountainside is covered with mandarin orchards. The raw material for the city's specialty mosquito coils has changed from pyrethrum to chemicals, but they still account for the majority of the national production. Hatsushima is in the Kihoku petroleum industrial area, and is home to the Toa Fuel Company's refinery. 36.89 ^km2 . Population: 30,592 (2010).

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Japanese:

和歌山県西部，有田川下流域を占める市。1956年市制。河口部の箕島(みのしま)，北部の初島に市街地が発達，紀勢本線が通じる。有田ミカンの大産地で，箕島はその積出港として発達。山腹一帯はミカン園。特産の蚊取線香は原料が除虫菊から化学薬品に代わったが全国生産の大半を占める。初島は紀北石油工業地帯で東亜燃料の製油所がある。36.89km²。３万592人（2010）。

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