Notojima [town] - Notojima

Japanese: 能登島[町] - のとじま

An old town occupying Notojima in Nanao Bay on the Noto Peninsula in Kashima District, Ishikawa Prefecture. The island is flat and hilly with well-developed coastal terraces. It produces rice and tobacco leaves. Fishing, such as fixed net fishing and aquaculture, is also thriving. The town is popular for swimming and pheasant hunting. Regular ferries used to run from Nanao City, but in 1982 the Notojima Ohashi Bridge was built, and buses can be taken from Nanao. In October 2004, it merged with Nanao City, Tatsuruhama Town in Kashima District, and Nakajima Town to form Nanao City. 46.67 ^km2 . 3,575 people (2003).
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Japanese:

石川県鹿島(かしま)郡，能登半島七尾湾内の能登島を占める旧町。低平な丘陵性の島で，海岸段丘が発達。米，葉タバコを産する。定置網や養殖などの漁業も盛ん。海水浴，キジ猟でにぎわう。七尾市から定期船が就航していたが，1982年能登島大橋が架橋され，七尾からバスが通じる。2004年10月七尾市，鹿島郡田鶴浜町，中島町と合併し，七尾市となる。46.67km²。3575人（2003）。
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