Murakami [city] - Murakami

Japanese: 村上[市] - むらかみ

A city in northern Niigata Prefecture, at the northern end of the Echigo Plain. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. The central city area developed as a castle town for the Naito clan, and still retains its original layout. The Nihonkai Tohoku Expressway and the Uetsu Main Line run through the city. The city is known for its specialty lacquerware, which was encouraged by the feudal domain, salmon from the Miomote River, and the northernmost commercial cultivation area of Murakami tea. The food and electrical equipment industries account for more than 70% of the city's total in terms of both the value of manufactured goods shipped and the number of employees (2003). Senami Onsen and Iwafune Port are located on the Japan Coast, and the area around Iwafune Shrine is the site of Iwafune Fortress. In April 2008, Arakawa Town, Kanbayashi Village, Asahi Village, and Yamakita Town from Iwafune County were incorporated into the city. Area: ^{1,174.26 km2} . Population: 66,427 (2010).

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Japanese:

新潟県北部，越後平野北端の市。1954年市制。中心市街は内藤氏の城下町として発達，その町割を残している。日本海東北自動車道，羽越本線が通じる。藩の奨励で興った堆朱(ついしゅ)を特産，三面(みおもて)川のサケ，また商業的栽培地として北限の村上茶の産地としても知られる。食品，電気機器工業で製造品出荷額，従業者数とも市全体の７割以上（2003）を占める。日本海岸に瀬波温泉と岩船港があり，岩船の石船(いわふね)神社付近は磐舟柵(いわふねのさく)の地。2008年４月岩船郡荒川町，神林村，朝日村，山北町を編入。1174.26km²。６万6427人（2010）。

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