Tsurusaki

Japanese: 鶴崎 - つるさき

An urban area located on the left bank of the Ono River estuary, in the northeast of Oita City, in the central-eastern part of Oita Prefecture. Former city name. Established as a city in 1949, and merged with Oita City in 1963. During the Edo period, it prospered as the political center and port town of an exclave of the Kumamoto Domain. In 1939, chemical factories related to dyes and pharmaceuticals were established here, and after World War II, pulp and paper factories moved in. Since 1964, it has been designated a new industrial city, and steel and petrochemical complexes have been constructed on vast reclaimed land, forming the industrial core of Oita City. As urbanization progressed, air pollution became a problem.

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Japanese:

大分県中東部，大分市の北東部，大野川河口左岸にある市街地。旧市名。 1949年市制，1963年大分市と合体。江戸時代は熊本藩領飛び地の政治中心地および港町として繁栄した。 1939年染料，医薬品関係の化学工場が立地，第2次世界大戦後はパルプ・製紙工場が進出した。 1964年以降は新産業都市に指定され，広大な埋立地に，鉄鋼，石油化学コンビナートが造成され，大分市の工業中核地区を形成。都市化が進んだ一方で，空気汚染が問題となった。

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