Ishinomaki [city] - Ishinomaki

Japanese: 石巻[市] - いしのまき

A city in eastern Miyagi Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1933. The city center developed on both banks of the Kitakami River estuary, and the Ishinomaki Line and Senseki Line pass through it. In the early modern period, it flourished as a shipping port for rice and seafood for the Sendai Domain. It ended its role as a trading port when it was separated from the Tohoku Main Line that opened in the mid-Meiji period, and became a base for fishing grounds off Kinkazan, along with Shiogama and Kesennuma. Since the 1960s, Ishinomaki Industrial Port and New Fishing Port have been opened as the northern base of the Sendai Bay area, which has been designated a new industrial city, and it is a fishing industrial city with thriving industries such as seafood processing, shipbuilding, and pulp. Watanaba in the east is a fishing port on the west coast of Mt. Mangokuura, where seaweed and oysters are cultivated. Nagahama Beach is located in the western part of Watanaba. In April 2005, the towns of Kahoku, Ogatsu, Kanan, Monou, and Kitakami in Monou County, and the town of Oshika in Oshika County were incorporated into the city. The city sustained damage during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Area: ^{554.58 km2} . Population: 160,826 (2010).

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Japanese:

宮城県東部の市。1933年市制。北上川河口部の両岸に発達し石巻線，仙石線が通じる中心市街は近世には仙台藩の米，海産物の積出港として栄えた。明治中期に開通した東北本線からはずれて交易港としての使命を終え，塩釜，気仙沼(けせんぬま)と並ぶ金華山沖漁場の基地となった。1960年代以降，新産業都市に指定された仙台湾地区の北部拠点として石巻工業港，新漁港が開港し，水産加工，造船，パルプなどが盛んな水産工業都市である。東部の渡波(わたのは)は万石(まんごく)浦西岸の漁港で，ノリ・カキの養殖を行う。渡波西部に海水浴場長浜海岸がある。2005年４月桃生郡河北町，雄勝町，河南町，桃生町，北上町，牡鹿郡牡鹿町を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。554.58km²。16万826人（2010）。

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