Ishikari [city] - Ishikari

Japanese: 石狩[市] - いしかり

A city in central Hokkaido. It was incorporated as a city on September 1, 1996 from Ishikari Town, Ishikari District. It borders the northeast of Sapporo City and the east of Otaru City. Its territory stretches from the plains at the mouth of the Ishikari River to the south of the Mashike Mountains, running north and south along Ishikari Bay, and its center is an old fishing village. Salmon fishing was popular until the first half of the Meiji period, and it was also the base of water transportation on the Ishikari River. Since the 1970s, it has become a satellite city of Sapporo City, with housing complexes built in the south and the Ishikari Bay New Port Industrial Area built in the west. It has good bus transportation to and from Sapporo. In October 2005, Atsuta Village, Atsuta District, and Hamamasu Village, Hamamasu District, were incorporated. ^{722.42 km2} . 59,449 people (2010).
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北海道中央部の市。1996年９月１日石狩郡石狩町から市制。札幌市の北東，小樽市の東に接する。石狩川河口部の平野から増毛山地の南まで，石狩湾に沿った南北に長い市域を有し，中心は旧漁業集落。明治期前半までサケ漁が盛んで，石狩川水運の基点でもあった。1970年代より札幌市の衛星都市化が進み，南部には住宅団地，西部には石狩湾新港工業地域が建設された。札幌とのバス交通が便。2005年10月厚田郡厚田村，浜益郡浜益村を編入。722.42km²。５万9449人（2010）。
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