Nagaoka [city] - Nagaoka

Japanese: 長岡[市] - ながおか

A city in central Niigata Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1906. It occupies the midstream of the Shinano River, the southern Echigo Plain, the Tochio Basin, and the eastern side of the Mishima Hills, and faces the Sea of Japan. During the Edo period, the city center flourished as a castle town for the Makino clan and a river port on the Shinano River. 80% of the castle town was burned down during the Boshin War in 1868, and it also suffered major damage during World War II. It is one of the snowiest areas in the country, but in 1961 the first snow-melting road in the country was completed. It is the central city in the central part of the prefecture, where the Shinetsu Main Line, Joetsu Line, Echigo Line, Joetsu Shinkansen, and Hokuriku Expressway pass through, and the Kanetsu Expressway branches off. In 1982, it was designated as a model district for a technopolis (a city with a concentration of technology), and industries such as electrical equipment, precision equipment, and general equipment are thriving. Wholesale business has been active for a long time. Nagaoka New Town was developed in the hills in the west, and residential development has progressed. The Nagaoka Festival in August is famous for its fireworks. In April 2005, the city incorporated Nakanoshima Town in Minamikanbara County, Koshi Town, Mishima Town, Oguni Town in Kariwa County, and Yamakoshi Village in Koshi County, in January 2006, Tochio City, Teradomari Town, Yoita Town, and Wajima Village in Mishima County, and in March 2010, Kawaguchi Town in Kitauonuma County. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 891.06 ^km2 . 282,674 people (2010).
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新潟県中部の市。1906年市制。信濃川中流，越後平野南部や栃尾盆地，三島丘陵東側一帯を占め，日本海にも面する。中心市街は江戸時代，牧野氏の城下町，信濃川水運の河港として栄えた。1868年の戊辰戦争で城下の８割を焼失，第２次大戦でも大被害を受けた。全国有数の豪雪地帯であるが，1961年全国初の消雪道路が完成した。信越本線，上越線，越後線，上越新幹線，北陸自動車道が通じ，関越自動車道が分岐する県中部の中心都市である。1982年テクノポリス（技術集積都市）のモデル地区に指定され電気機器，精密機器，一般機器などの工業が盛ん。古くから卸売業の商業活動が盛ん。西部の丘陵地には長岡ニュータウンが造成されて宅地化が進んだ。８月の長岡祭は花火で有名。2005年４月南蒲原郡中之島町，三島郡越路町，三島町，刈羽郡小国町，古志郡山古志村を，2006年１月栃尾市，三島郡寺泊町，与板町，和島村を，2010年３月北魚沼郡川口町を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。891.06km²。28万2674人（2010）。
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