Numata [city] - Numata

Japanese: 沼田[市] - ぬまた

A city in northern Gunma Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It is surrounded by Mt. Hotaka and Mt. Akagi, and occupies the Numata Basin in the upper reaches of the Tone River and the Katashina River basin, a tributary of the Numata Basin. Its eastern end borders Tochigi Prefecture. Numata Castle was built in the city center in 1532 (Tenbun 1), and in the early modern period it developed as a castle town for the Sanada, Kuroda, and Toki clans, as well as a market town. The Joetsu Line and the Kan'etsu Expressway run through the city. Forest product trading and industry include lumber and furniture manufacturing, which account for more than 60% of the city's manufactured goods shipments (2003). The surrounding area is rich in rice, wheat, soybeans, tobacco, and konjac. It is a base for tourism in Oze and Oku-Nikko, and there is Numata Park, with the ruins of Numata Castle, near Numata Station, Mt. Kasho in the north, and Oigami Onsen and Fukiware Falls in the east. In February 2005, the villages of Shirasawa and Tone in Tone County were incorporated. ^{443.46 km2} . 51,265 people (2010). → Numata Domain

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Japanese:

群馬県北部の市。1954年市制。武尊(ほたか)山，赤城山などに囲まれ，利根川上流の沼田盆地と，その支流の片品川流域を占め，東端は栃木県に接する。中心市街は1532年（天文１年）に沼田城がつくられ，近世には真田，黒田，土岐各氏の城下町として，また市場町としても発展。上越線，関越自動車道が通じる。林産物取引および工業では木材木製品・家具製造業が盛んで，市の製造品出荷額の６割以上（2003）を占めている。周辺では米，麦，ダイズ，タバコ，コンニャクを多産。尾瀬，奥日光観光の基地で，沼田駅近くに沼田城跡のある沼田公園，北部に迦葉(かしょう)山，東部に老神温泉や吹割滝がある。2005年２月利根郡白沢村，利根村を編入。443.46km²。５万1265人（2010）。→沼田藩

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