Shirane [city] - Shirone

Japanese: 白根[市] - しろね

An old city in the north-central part of Niigata Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1959. Located almost in the center of the Echigo Plain, between the Shinano River and its branch, the Nakanokuchi River, it had long suffered from floods, but in 1927, the Okawazu Diversion Channel of the Shinano River was completed and land reorganization was carried out, making it a prolific producer of Echigo rice. The city center developed as a market town and river port town, and it is a distribution center for vegetables and pears, with Buddhist altars and sickles being its specialties. National Route 8 runs through the town. It is famous for its 300-year-old kite battle in June. In March 2005, Niitsu City, Toyosaka City, Nakakanbara County's Kosudo Town, Yokogoshi Town, Kameda Town, Nishikanbara County's Iwamuro Village, Nishikawa Town, Aikata Village, Katahigashi Village, Tsukigata Village, and Nakanokuchi Village were incorporated into Niigata City. ^{77.06 km2} . 40,733 people (2003).

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Japanese:

新潟県中北部の旧市。1959年市制。越後平野のほぼ中央，信濃川と分流中ノ口川の間を占め，長い間洪水に悩んできたが，1927年信濃川の大河津分水が完成して耕地整理も行われ，越後米の多産地となった。中心市街は市場町，河港町として発展，野菜，ナシなどの集散地で特産に仏壇，鎌などがある。国道８号線が通じる。300年の伝統のある６月の凧(たこ)合戦は有名。2005年３月新津市，豊栄市，中蒲原郡小須戸町，横越町，亀田町，西蒲原郡岩室村，西川町，味方村，潟東村，月潟村，中之口村と新潟市へ編入。77.06km²。４万733人（2003）。

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