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| | Ishikawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | On March 1, 2005 the town of Noto and village of Yanagida from the former Fugeshi District merged with the town of Uchiura from the former Suzu District, Ishikawa forming a new town of Noto and the districts merged forming Hosu District. |
 | | On February 1, 2005 the following towns and villages from Ishikawa merged with the city of Matto forming the city of Hakusan: Kawachi, Mikawa, Oguchi, Shiramine, Torigoe, Tsurugi, and Yoshinodani. |
 | | Ishikawa's industry is dominated by the textile industry, particularly artificial fabrics, and the machine industry, particularly construction machinery. |
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