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Encyclopedia > Komatsu, Ishikawa
First green of spring and Mt. Hakusan view from a rural area of Komatsu

Komatsu (小松市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa in the Hokuriku district of Japan. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 588 pixelsFull resolution (2188 × 1608 pixel, file size: 287 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Komatsu, Ishikawa Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 588 pixelsFull resolution (2188 × 1608 pixel, file size: 287 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Komatsu, Ishikawa Metadata This file contains... A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Ishikawa Prefecture ) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hokuriku region (北陸地方, literally North Land) is the region along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region, the central region of Honshu, the main island of Japan. ...


As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 108,704 with a density of 292.90 persons per km². The total area is 371.13 km². 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


The modern city was founded on December 1, 1940, although its history extends to feudal times. It is the third-largest city in the population in Ishikawa prefecture after Hakusan city was formed and came to the second in 2005. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Hakusan (白山市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan. ...


Komatsu Airport is the main airport of Ishikawa. It is located about an hour driving distance southwest from Kanazawa (the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture). It is served by JR West Hokuriku Main Line, Hokuriku Expressway and National Highway Route 8. Komatsu Airport(Nihongo: 小松飛行場 Komatsu Hikōjō)is an airport located in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ... Kanazawa (金沢市; -shi) is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. ... West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道 Nishi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsud ), commonly known as JR-West (JR西日本 JR Nishi Nihon), is one of JR companies in Japan that covers western Honshu. ... The Hokuriku Main Line (北陸本線) is a line of the West Japan Railway Company connecting the Kansai region to the Sea of Japan coast. ... National Route 8 ) is an important highway in the Hokuriku and Kansai regions. ...


Komatsu Limited, the construction and mining equipment company, was named after here. Komatsu Limited (formally 株式会社小松製作所, commonly コマツ) (TYO: 6301) is a Japanese company on the Nikkei 225 index that manufactures construction and mining equipment, silicon wafers, lasers, and thermoelectric modules. ...


Interesting places in Komatsu are the Nata-Dera Buddhist temple complex, the Yunokuni-no-mori traditional handicrafts village, and the Motorcar Museum of Japan which is the largest museum dedicated to motor vehicles in Japan with a 12,000 square metre display area. Nearby is the well-known Kaga hot-springs district. A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga province. ... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park Hot springs in the protected area of Rupite, southwestern Bulgaria Hot springs in Yangmingshan, Taiwan Blood Pond hot spring in Beppu, Japan A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally-heated groundwater from...


Komastu City is twinned with Gateshead Council (North East England, United Kingdom) and operates an exchange program involving 10 students (aged 13-17) every two years.


External links

  • Official website in Japanese
  • Komatsu travel guide from Wikitravel
Shadow picture of Ishikawa Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture
Cities
Hakui | Hakusan | Kaga | Kahoku | Kanazawa (capital) | Komatsu | Nanao | Nomi | Suzu | Wajima
Districts
Hakui | Hosu | Ishikawa | Kahoku | Kashima | Nomi
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

Coordinates: 36.400° N 136.450° E Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ishikawa Prefecture ) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hakui (羽咋市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Hakusan (白山市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga province. ... Kahoku (かほく市; -shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ... Kanazawa (金沢市; -shi) is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. ... See Nanao for other places named Nanao. ... Nomi (能美市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Suzu (珠洲市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Categories: Cities in Ishikawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Hakui (羽咋郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Hōsu (鳳珠郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Ishikawa (石川郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Kahoku (河北郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Kashima (鹿島郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Nomi (能美郡; -gun) is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan. ... Ishikawa Prefecture ) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Ishikawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (407 words)
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