Ryugasaki [city] - Ryugasaki

Japanese: 竜ヶ崎[市] - りゅうがさき

A city in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. Its population was 69,163 (1995). The northern part is at the end of the Joso Plateau, and the southern part is an alluvial plain formed by the Kogai River, a tributary of the Tone River. To the west is Ushiku Marsh. In the Middle Ages, it was on the border between Hitachi and Shimousa Provinces, and in the Edo Period it was an exclave of the Sendai Domain. In 1900, the Ryugasaki Railway (now the Kanto Railway Ryugasaki Line) was opened, connecting the city center with the current JR Joban Line Sanuki Station, and the city flourished as a distribution center for cocoons and Ryugasaki cotton, and the silk-reeling industry also flourished. A noodle industry also developed. After the war, a construction materials factory was built on the site of a military factory from World War II, and now a large industrial complex has been developed on the northern plateau, with machinery, electrical equipment, and other industries thriving.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

茨城県南部の市。1954年市制。人口6万9163(1995)。北部は常総台地の末端，南部は利根川の支流小貝川が形成した沖積地で，西に牛久沼がある。中世には常陸･下総両国の境界部にあたり，江戸時代には仙台藩の飛地であった。1900年，市街地と現JR常磐線佐貫駅を結ぶ竜ヶ崎鉄道(現，関東鉄道竜ヶ崎線)が開通し，繭や竜ヶ崎木綿の集散地として栄え，製糸業も盛んになった。また製麵業もおこった。第2次大戦時の軍事工場跡に，戦後，建設資材の工場が立地し，現在は北部台地に大規模な工業団地が造成され，機械，電気機器などの工業が盛んとなっている。

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