Narashino [city] - Narashino

Japanese: 習志野[市] - ならしの

Located in the northwest of Chiba Prefecture, facing Tokyo Bay, and bordering Chiba City to the northwest. Established as a city in 1954. Including Narashino, which is part of the Shimousa Plateau, it became an army training ground after the Meiji era, and a cavalry brigade and a railway regiment were established there, developing into a military city. After World War II, the site became a university site, a reclaimed land, and a Self-Defense Force garrison. The center is the former Tsudanuma-cho district, and it is connected by the Sobu Main Line, Keiyo Line, Keisei Electric Railway Main Line, Keisei Chiba Line, Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Line, and the Higashi-Kanto Expressway, and has become a rapidly residential urban area. The coast is part of Keiyo Port, where fishery companies have their facilities, and inland, industrial parks have been developed and factories for machinery, metals, etc. have been established. In June 1993, the Yatsu tidal flats were registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 20.97 ^km2 . 164,530 people (2010).

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Japanese:

千葉県北西部，東京湾に面し，千葉市の北西に接する市。1954年市制。下総(しもうさ)台地の一部の習志野を含め，明治以降陸軍演習場となり，騎兵旅団，鉄道連隊などが設置され軍都として発展。第２次世界大戦後その跡は大学用地，開拓地，自衛隊駐屯地となった。中心は旧津田沼町地区で，総武本線，京葉線，京成電鉄本線，同千葉線，新京成電鉄線，東関東自動車道などが通じ，住宅都市化が著しい。海岸は京葉港の一部で水産会社の施設が立地し，内陸には工業団地が造成され，機械，金属などの工場が進出している。1993年６月谷津干潟がラムサール条約登録湿地となる。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。20.97km²。16万4530人（2010）。

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