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15-737: [REDACTED] Look up kaga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kaga may refer to: Places [ edit ] Kaga, Ishikawa , a city in Japan. Kaga Province , an old province of Japan, now part of Ishikawa prefecture. Kaga Domain , an old feudal domain ( han ) in Kaga Province Kaga, Nigeria , a Local Government Area in Borno State, Nigeria Kaga, Afghanistan , in Nangarhar province Kaga,

30-481: A merger with the town of Yamanaka (from Enuma District ). Kaga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. Kaga was traditionally known for its production of Kutani ware ceramics and a type of silk fabric known as Kaga habutae . It is also an important tourist city with a number of temples and hot-springs . Kaga has 21 public elementary schools and seven middle schools operated by

45-550: A parish with a 12th-century church, just north-west of Linköping , Sweden Kaga (village)  [ ru ] , a village in the district of Beloretsk , in Bashkortostan, Russia Kaga River  [ ru ] , a river in Bashkortostan, Russia People [ edit ] Kaga Takeshi , better known as Chairman Kaga of Iron Chef. Shouzou Kaga , a Japanese video game designer. Other [ edit ] Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga , an aircraft carrier of

60-567: Is 2499 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kaga peaked around 1990 and has declined since. The area around Kaga was part of ancient Kaga Province . The area became part Daishōji Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate . Following

75-468: Is a city located in southwestern Ishikawa Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 March 2018 , the city had an estimated population of 67,793 in 29054 households, and a population density of 290 persons per km . The total area of the city was 305.87 square kilometres (118.10 sq mi). Kaga is located in the extreme southwestern corner of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and

90-575: Is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Fukui Prefecture to the south. Parts of the coastal areas of the city are within the borders of the Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park . Kaga has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kaga is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall

105-537: Is the capital and largest city of Fukui Prefecture, with other major cities including Sakai , Echizen , and Sabae . Fukui Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and is part of the historic Hokuriku region of Japan. The Matsudaira clan , a powerful samurai clan during the Edo period that became a component of the Japanese nobility after the Meiji Restoration , was headquartered at Fukui Castle on

120-585: The Hakusan National Park ; Echizen-Kaga Kaigan and Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Parks; and Okuetsu Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park . Nine cities are located in Fukui Prefecture: These are the towns in each district : Fukui is one of the less populated prefectures of Japan; in September 2015 there were an estimated 785,508 people living in 281,394 households. As seen in most of Japan, Fukui

135-483: The Meiji restoration , the area was organised into Enuma District, Ishikawa . The town of Daishōji was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On January 1, 1958, Daishōji merged with the towns of Yamashiro, Katayamazu, Iburihashi, Hashitate and the villages of Miki, Mitani, Nangō and Shioya (all from Enuma District) to form the city of Kaga. the city expanded on October 1, 2005 through

150-468: The old provinces of Wakasa and Echizen , before the prefecture was formed in 1871. During the Edo period , the daimyō of the region was surnamed Matsudaira , and was a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu . During World War II , Fukui was heavily bombed and its palace, Fukui Castle , surrounded by a moat, was demolished. Buildings for the Fukui Prefectural government were built on the site of

165-606: The Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the province. JS Kaga (DDH-184), a helicopter carrier of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, named after the province. KAGA-LP , a low-power radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to serve San Angelo, Texas, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kaga . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

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180-419: The castle. Fukui faces the Sea of Japan , and has a western part (formerly Wakasa) which is a narrow plain between the mountains and the sea, and a larger eastern part (formerly Echizen) with wider plains including the capital and most of the population. The province lies within Japan's " Snow country ". As of 31 March 2008, 15% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely

195-491: The city government, and four public high schools operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates a special education school. The Hokuriku Shinkansen took over as the primary railway service in Kaga effective 16 March 2024. Hokuriku Shinkansen IR Ishikawa Railway [REDACTED] Media related to Kaga, Ishikawa at Wikimedia Commons Fukui Prefecture Fukui

210-440: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaga&oldid=1168845056 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kaga, Ishikawa Kaga ( 加賀市 , Kaga-shi )

225-742: The site of the modern prefectural offices. Fukui Prefecture is home to the Kitadani Formation , the Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins , and the Tōjinbō cliff range. The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry , on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded animals such As Fukuiraptor , Fukuisaurus , Nipponosaurus , Koshisaurus , Fukuivenator , Fukuititan , and Tambatitanis , as well as an unnamed dromaeosaurid . Fukui originally consisted of

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