Kaga, Ishikawa
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This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga province.
Kaga (加賀市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 67,293 and the density of 443.89 persons per km². The total area is 151.60 km².
The city was founded on January 1, 1958.
Created as an old temple town, the city was greatly developed by the Maeda family in the early Edo period.
Today, Kaga is an important tourist city with a number of temples and hot-springs.
External links
- Official website (http://www.city.kaga.ishikawa.jp/) in Japanese