Marugame (丸亀市, Marugame-shi^?) is a city located in Kagawa, Japan. A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Kagawa Prefecture ) is located on Shikoku island, Japan. ...

Sanuki Fuji

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Geography

As of 2005, the city had an estimated population of 110,118 and the density of 985.04 persons per km². The total area is 111.79 km². Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) 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. ...

Points of interest

Marugame Castle

Marugame is famous for having one of only 6 remaining original wooden castles (Marugame Castle) in the whole of Japan. The other interesting point about the castle is that it stands on a man-made hill which is over 50m high, making it the largest castle mount in Japan. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 673 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 673 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture is the most visited castle in Japan. ...

Marugame is also famed for its fan (uchiwa) production. About 90% of all fans made in Japan are produced in Marugame. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Places of interest to visit close to Marugame include:

• Sanuki Fuji
• Zentsuji Temple
• Kotohira Shrine
• Kotohira Kabuki Theatre
• Seto Ohashi Bridge

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History

Marugame was founded in April, 1899 during the Meiji era. Marugame was the 53rd city to be given a city code in Japan. From the 1940s to 1950s (during the Showa era) the southeast area of the city and some islands were amalgamated to form new parts of the city. In 1999 (the 11th year of the Heisei era) Marugame celebrated its 100th anniversary. Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Meiji period ) denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running from 8 September 1868 (in the Gregorian calendar, 23 October 1868) to 30 July 1912. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Shōwa period (Japanese: 昭和時代, Shōwa-jidai, period of enlightened peace) was the time in Japanese history when Emperor Hirohito reigned over the country, from December 25, 1926 to January 7, 1989. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that Updated Japan News be merged into this article or section. ...

On March 22, 2005, the town of Ayauta and the town of Hanzan merged with "old Marugame" forming the current expanded city. March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ayauta (綾歌町; -cho) is a town located in Ayauta District, Kagawa, Japan. ... Hanzan (飯山町; -cho) is a town located in Ayauta District, Kagawa, Japan. ...

• The former Ayauta was founded in 1959 (the 34th year of the Showa era) with the amalgamation of the villages of Kumatama and Okada. Kumatama was in turn founded with the amalgamation of the villages of Kurikuma and Tomikuma in 1951.

• The former Hanzan was founded in 1956 (the 31st year of the Showa era) with the amalgamation of the villages of Sakamoto and Hokunji.

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Twin Cities

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External links

• Official website in English

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