Shinminato [city] - Shinminato

Japanese: 新湊[市] - しんみなと

An old city in the north of Toyama Prefecture. In 1951, it was separated from Takaoka City to the west and incorporated as a city. It borders Toyama City to the east. Facing Toyama Bay, it occupies the low marshes around Hojozu Lagoon, and the Manyo Line runs through it. The city center, located on the right bank of the Shogawa River estuary, flourished as a fishing port and rice shipping port in the early modern period, and is still one of the major coastal fishing bases along the Toyama Bay coast. Special steel and alloy steel factories were located here from the Taisho period to the early Showa period, but in 1964 it was designated a new industrial city, and the steel and lumber industries moved in. Toyama New Port opened in 1968, making use of Hojozu Lagoon and its surrounding area, and Fushiki Toyama Port, which is based here, was designated a specific important port in 1986, and heavy chemical industrialization was promoted. An aluminum smelter, a joint thermal power plant, and metal factories are located here, and the city has the third highest manufacturing shipment value in the prefecture (2001). In November 2005, the towns of Kosugi, Daimon, Oshima, and Shimomura in Imizu County were merged to form the city of Imizu. Area: 32.10 ^km2 . Population: 37,585 (2003).
→ Related Articles

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:

富山県北部の旧市。1951年西の高岡市から分離，市制。東は富山市に接する。富山湾に面し，放生津(ほうじょうづ)潟周辺の低湿地を占め，万葉線が通じる。庄川河口の右岸にある中心市街は近世は漁港，米積出港として栄え，現在も富山湾岸有数の沿岸漁業基地である。大正から昭和初期にかけて特殊鋼，合金鉄の工場が立地していたが，1964年に新産都市に指定されて，製鉄・製材工業が進出。放生津潟とその周辺を利用して富山新港が1968年開港し，ここを中核とした伏木富山港が1986年特定重要港湾に指定されて，重化学工業化が図られた。アルミ精錬所，共同火力発電所や金属工場などが立地し，県内３位（2001）の製造品出荷額を上げている。2005年11月，射水郡小杉町，大門町，大島町，下村と合併し市制，射水市となる。32.10km²。３万7585人（2003）。
→関連項目放生津

出典　株式会社平凡社百科事典マイペディアについて　情報

<<: Masaoki Shinmi

>>: Dhimmi - dhimmi (English spelling)